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Webster 1913 Edition


Vivacity

Vi-vac′i-ty

,
Noun.
[L.
vivicitas
: cf. F.
vivacité
.]
The quality or state of being vivacious.
Specifically:
(a)
Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor.
[Obs.]
The
vivacity
of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long.
Fuller.
(b)
Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness;
as, the
vivacity
of a discourse; a lady of great
vivacity
;
vivacity
of countenance
.
Syn. – Liveliness; gayety. See
Liveliness
.

Webster 1828 Edition


Vivacity

VIVAC'ITY

,
Noun.
[L. vivacitas.]
1.
Liveliness; sprightliness of temper or behavior; as a lady of great vivacity.
2.
Air of life and activity; as vivacity of countenance.
3.
Life; animation; spirits; as the vivacity of a discourse.
4.
Power of living. [Not used.]
5.
Longevity. [Not in use.]

Definition 2024


vivacity

vivacity

English

Noun

vivacity (plural vivacities)

  1. The state of being vivacious.

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