merry, full of life, enthusiastic, excited
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Vivacious Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet.
Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet.
(a.)
Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.
Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial.
(a.)
Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutHaving vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived.
vivacious
\vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [l. v?vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. see vivid.]
1. having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [obs.] hitherto the english bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. but five died for the first twenty years of her [queen elizabeth's] reign. the faith of christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. taylor.
2. sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "vivacious nonsense." knox.
3. (bot.) living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [r.]
Vigorous and active
vivaciously adv -- vivaciousness n
USAGE NOTE:"vivacious "is often be used of a female subject.
eg:"The vivacious, beautiful, titian-haired Garson was a class act all the way."The best of vivacious Greer Garson and low-key Ben Johnson,Star Tribune, 23 Apr 1996.
vivaciously adv -- vivaciousness n
USAGE NOTE:"vivacious "is often be used of a female subject.
eg:"The vivacious, beautiful, titian-haired Garson was a class act all the way."The best of vivacious Greer Garson and low-key Ben Johnson,Star Tribune, 23 Apr 1996.
Adjective
1. vigorous and active; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance"
(synonym) vibrant
(similar) spirited
