English

Alternative forms

• vigor (US)
• vygour (obsolete)

Noun

vigour ‎(countable and uncountable, plural vigours)

1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy.
   • (Can we date this quote?) John Dryden:

     The vigour of this arm was never vain.

2. (biology) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.

   A plant grows with vigour.

3. Strength; efficacy; potency.
   • 1667, (Can we [[:Category:Requests for quotation/John Milton|find and add]] a quotation of John Milton to this entry?)[[Category:Requests for quotation/John Milton|VIGOUR]]:

     But in the fruithful earth […] His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.

Usage notes

Vigour and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.

Derived terms

• envigorate
• vigorous
• hybrid vigor/hybrid vigour

Related terms

• vegetable
• vigil

Translations

Old French

Noun

vigour m ‎(oblique plural vigours, nominative singular vigours, nominative plural vigour)

1. Alternative form of vigur