vitalityn.

Brit.

/vʌɪˈtalᵻti/, U.S.

/vaɪˈtælədi/

Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vitalitie.

Etymology: < Latin vītālitāt-, vītālitās (Pliny) vital force, life, < vītālis vital adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French vitalité, Italian vitalità, Spanish vitalidad, Portuguese -idade.

a. Vital force, power, or principle as possessed or manifested by living things (cf. vital adj. 1); the principle of life; animation.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun]

souleOE

lifeOE

spiritusOE

bloodOE

ghostOE

life and soulOE

quickship?c1225

quicknessc1230

breatha1300

spirita1325

spark1382

naturec1385

sparkle1388

livelinessa1398

rational soula1398

spiracle1398

animal spirit?a1425

vital spiritc1450

soul of the world1525

candle1535

fire1576

three souls1587

vitality?1592

candlelight1596

substance1605

vivacity1611

animality1615

vividity1616

animals1628

life spring1649

archeus1651

vital1670

spirituosity1677

springs of life1681

microcosmetor1684

vital force1702

vital spark (also flame)1704

stamen1718

vis vitae1752

prana1785

Purusha1785

jiva1807

vital force1822

heartbeat1828

world-soul1828

world-spirit1828

life energy1838

life force1848

ghost soul1869

will to live1871

biogen1882

ki1893

mauri1897

élan vital1907

orgone1942

?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda v. iii. 65 Death..Hath depriued Erastus trunke from breathing vitalitie.

1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §6. 6 Whether that motion, vitality and operation, were by incubation, or how else, the manner is only knowne to God.

1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3^v When a man shall exhaust his very vitalitie, for the hilling vp of fatall Gold.

1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed iv. 432 When by an act of his will he had submitted to that death,..it was not in the power of his soul to continue any longer vitality to the body.

1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. ii Let thy vitality impart New Spirits to his fainting Heart.

1812 Times 6 Mar. 2/2 They perceived that vitality had been actually extinct in two of them for some time, the bodies being perfectly cold.

1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 338 Those which we have now to investigate are organic substances, often possessing organization, and sometimes enjoying an independent vitality.

1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 1 The mysteries of organized vitality remain impenetrable.

in extended use.1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 13 Which sand hath in it a vitality, and in which..the water, whilest it remains, is living.1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxxiv. 20 There is a very life in our despair, Vitality of poison.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 14/1 Not Mankind only, but all that Mankind does or beholds, is in continual growth, re-genesis and self-perfecting vitality.1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 240 All such writers..have in them no principle of philosophical vitality.

b. Of plants or vegetative organisms. Also spec. of seeds: Germinating power.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > germinating power

fecundity1691

vitality1829

(a)

1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 262 Vitality of Plants.

1842 W. Wordsworth A Poet! in Misc. Sonn. i And so the grandeur of the Forest-tree Comes..from its own divine vitality.

1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) II. 150 The experiments..prove indeed conclusively that whatever the true seat of vegetable vitality may be, it is similar in its nature to that of the Animal Kingdom.

(b)1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 271 The power [in seeds] of preserving their vitality is also extremely variable.1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. iii. i. 767 By retaining vitality we mean preserving their power of germinating.

2. figurative. The ability or capacity on the part of something of continuing to exist or to perform its functions; power of enduring or continuing.Merging insensibly into 3.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > power of enduring

survivability18..

vitality1848

1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 563 The dependance of ministerial vitality upon parliamentary majorities.

1866 R. W. Dale Disc. Special Occasions viii. 275 There is terrible vitality both in truth and error.

1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 113 The vitality of Pope's writings, or at least of certain fragments of them, is remarkable.

3. figurative. Active force or power; mental or physical vigour; activity, animation, liveliness.Common from c1860.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness

jollinessc1386

liveliheadc1425

quicknessc1425

vyfnes1475

ramagec1485

couragea1498

liveliness1534

spritec1540

livelihood1566

life1583

sprightliness1599

sprightfulness1602

ruach1606

sprightiness1607

sparkle1611

airiness1628

vivacy1637

spiritfulness1644

spirit1651

vivacity1652

spiritedness1654

brightness1660

sprightness1660

ramageness1686

race1690

friskiness1727

spirituousness1727

vivaciousness1727

brio1731

raciness1759

phlogiston1789

animation1791

lifefulness1829

pepper-and-salt1842

corkiness1845

aliveness1853

vitality1858

music1859

virtu1876

liveness1890

zippiness1907

bounce1909

zing1917

radioactivity1922

oomph1937

pizzazz1937

zinginess1938

hep1946

vavoom1962

welly1977

masala1986

1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 619/2 Which shows that their minds are in a state of diminished..vitality.

1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. ii. 45 Such was the intense vitality of the Béarnese prince.

1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 358 A country whose vitality is strong, and where the administrative power is active and vigorous.

1884 Manch. Examiner 9 May 5/4 To the strong vitality which distinguishes his race, he united intellectual power of the highest order.

4. With a and plural. Something possessed of vital force. Also figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > [noun]

shaftc888

blooda1325

livera1382

creaturea1387

live-wight1610

animate1642

life form1850

vitality1851

bioform1958

1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. iii. 162 He was full of bright speech and argument; radiant with arrowy vitalities.

1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 36 There was no vegetation to define its course, not even the green conferva, that obscure vitality which follows water at home.

1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 91 Shall, then, the great vitality, France, Signal the backward step once more?

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单词	vitality
释义	vitalityn. Brit. /vʌɪˈtalᵻti/, U.S. /vaɪˈtælədi/ Forms: Also 1500s–1600s vitalitie. Etymology: < Latin vītālitāt-, vītālitās (Pliny) vital force, life, < vītālis vital adj.: see -ity suffix. Compare French vitalité, Italian vitalità, Spanish vitalidad, Portuguese -idade. 1. a. Vital force, power, or principle as possessed or manifested by living things (cf. vital adj. 1); the principle of life; animation. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun] souleOE lifeOE spiritusOE bloodOE ghostOE life and soulOE quickship?c1225 quicknessc1230 breatha1300 spirita1325 spark1382 naturec1385 sparkle1388 livelinessa1398 rational soula1398 spiracle1398 animal spirit?a1425 vital spiritc1450 soul of the world1525 candle1535 fire1576 three souls1587 vitality?1592 candlelight1596 substance1605 vivacity1611 animality1615 vividity1616 animals1628 life spring1649 archeus1651 vital1670 spirituosity1677 springs of life1681 microcosmetor1684 vital force1702 vital spark (also flame)1704 stamen1718 vis vitae1752 prana1785 Purusha1785 jiva1807 vital force1822 heartbeat1828 world-soul1828 world-spirit1828 life energy1838 life force1848 ghost soul1869 will to live1871 biogen1882 ki1893 mauri1897 élan vital1907 orgone1942 ?1592 Trag. Solyman & Perseda v. iii. 65 Death..Hath depriued Erastus trunke from breathing vitalitie. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. i. i. §6. 6 Whether that motion, vitality and operation, were by incubation, or how else, the manner is only knowne to God. 1628 O. Felltham Resolves: 2nd Cent. xxxii. sig. O3^v When a man shall exhaust his very vitalitie, for the hilling vp of fatall Gold. 1659 J. Pearson Expos. Apostles Creed iv. 432 When by an act of his will he had submitted to that death,..it was not in the power of his soul to continue any longer vitality to the body. 1700 N. Rowe Ambitious Step-mother iii. ii Let thy vitality impart New Spirits to his fainting Heart. 1812 Times 6 Mar. 2/2 They perceived that vitality had been actually extinct in two of them for some time, the bodies being perfectly cold. 1844 G. Bird Urinary Deposits (1857) 338 Those which we have now to investigate are organic substances, often possessing organization, and sometimes enjoying an independent vitality. 1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 1 The mysteries of organized vitality remain impenetrable. in extended use.1652 J. French York-shire Spaw ii. 13 Which sand hath in it a vitality, and in which..the water, whilest it remains, is living.1816 Ld. Byron Childe Harold: Canto III xxxiv. 20 There is a very life in our despair, Vitality of poison.1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus i. v. 14/1 Not Mankind only, but all that Mankind does or beholds, is in continual growth, re-genesis and self-perfecting vitality.1837 W. Whewell Hist. Inductive Sci. I. iv. i. 240 All such writers..have in them no principle of philosophical vitality. b. Of plants or vegetative organisms. Also spec. of seeds: Germinating power. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > part of plant > reproductive part(s) > seed > [noun] > germinating power fecundity1691 vitality1829 (a) 1829 T. Castle Introd. Systematical & Physiol. Bot. 262 Vitality of Plants. 1842 W. Wordsworth A Poet! in Misc. Sonn. i And so the grandeur of the Forest-tree Comes..from its own divine vitality. 1848 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. (ed. 4) II. 150 The experiments..prove indeed conclusively that whatever the true seat of vegetable vitality may be, it is similar in its nature to that of the Animal Kingdom. (b)1832 J. Lindley Introd. Bot. 271 The power [in seeds] of preserving their vitality is also extremely variable.1861 R. Bentley Man. Bot. iii. i. 767 By retaining vitality we mean preserving their power of germinating. 2. figurative. The ability or capacity on the part of something of continuing to exist or to perform its functions; power of enduring or continuing.Merging insensibly into 3. ΘΚΠ the world > time > duration > [noun] > long duration or lasting through time > power of enduring survivability18.. vitality1848 1848 H. H. Wilson Hist. Brit. India 1805–35 III. ix. 563 The dependance of ministerial vitality upon parliamentary majorities. 1866 R. W. Dale Disc. Special Occasions viii. 275 There is terrible vitality both in truth and error. 1874 L. Stephen Hours in Libr. 1st Ser. 113 The vitality of Pope's writings, or at least of certain fragments of them, is remarkable. 3. figurative. Active force or power; mental or physical vigour; activity, animation, liveliness.Common from c1860. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigour or liveliness jollinessc1386 liveliheadc1425 quicknessc1425 vyfnes1475 ramagec1485 couragea1498 liveliness1534 spritec1540 livelihood1566 life1583 sprightliness1599 sprightfulness1602 ruach1606 sprightiness1607 sparkle1611 airiness1628 vivacy1637 spiritfulness1644 spirit1651 vivacity1652 spiritedness1654 brightness1660 sprightness1660 ramageness1686 race1690 friskiness1727 spirituousness1727 vivaciousness1727 brio1731 raciness1759 phlogiston1789 animation1791 lifefulness1829 pepper-and-salt1842 corkiness1845 aliveness1853 vitality1858 music1859 virtu1876 liveness1890 zippiness1907 bounce1909 zing1917 radioactivity1922 oomph1937 pizzazz1937 zinginess1938 hep1946 vavoom1962 welly1977 masala1986 1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Oct. 619/2 Which shows that their minds are in a state of diminished..vitality. 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. ii. 45 Such was the intense vitality of the Béarnese prince. 1869 H. F. Tozer Res. Highlands of Turkey I. 358 A country whose vitality is strong, and where the administrative power is active and vigorous. 1884 Manch. Examiner 9 May 5/4 To the strong vitality which distinguishes his race, he united intellectual power of the highest order. 4. With a and plural. Something possessed of vital force. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > life > [noun] shaftc888 blooda1325 livera1382 creaturea1387 live-wight1610 animate1642 life form1850 vitality1851 bioform1958 1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling ii. iii. 162 He was full of bright speech and argument; radiant with arrowy vitalities. 1853 E. K. Kane U.S. Grinnell Exped. v. 36 There was no vegetation to define its course, not even the green conferva, that obscure vitality which follows water at home. 1898 G. Meredith Odes French Hist. 91 Shall, then, the great vitality, France, Signal the backward step once more? 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