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vividity

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viv⋅id

  [viv-id]
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–adjective
1. strikingly bright or intense, as color, light, etc.: a vivid green.
2. full of life; lively; animated: a vivid personality.
3. presenting the appearance, freshness, spirit, etc., of life; realistic: a vivid account.
4. strong, distinct, or clearly perceptible: a vivid recollection.
5. forming distinct and striking mental images: a vivid imagination.
Origin:
1630–40; < L vīvidus lively, equiv. to vīv(ere) to live (see vital ) + -idus -id 4

Related forms:
viv⋅id⋅ly, adverb
viv⋅id⋅ness, vi⋅vid⋅i⋅ty, noun

Synonyms:
1. bright, brilliant, intense. 2. spirited, vivacious, intense. 3. See picturesque.
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Word Origin & History

vivid 
1638, from L. vividus "spirited, animated, lively," from vivus "alive," from PIE *gwei- (see vital). Extension to colors is first recorded 1665. Sense of "strong, distinct" (as of memories, etc.) is from 1690; that of "very active or intense" (as of imagination, interest, etc.) is from 1853.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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