vivaciousadj.

Brit.

/vᵻˈveɪʃəs/,

/vʌɪˈveɪʃəs/, U.S.

/vəˈveɪʃəs/,

/vaɪˈveɪʃəs/

Forms: Also 1600s–1700s -eous.

Etymology: < Latin vīvāci-, vīvāx (whence French vivace , Italian vivace , Spanish vivaz , Portuguese vivaz ), tenacious of life, long-lived, lively, vigorous, < vīvĕre to live: see -acious suffix.

1. Full of, characterized by, or exhibiting vivacity or liveliness; animated, brisk, lively, sprightly.

a. Of persons, the mind, disposition, etc.In quot. 1647 the reference is to the soul.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated

jollyc1325

lightsomea1382

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

crank1499

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

cranking1567

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

aleger1590

bright-eyed1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

spirituous1601

great-stomached1607

spirity1615

spiritous1628

lifesomec1635

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

quick-set1653

airy1654

animated1660

sparklinga1704

bob1721

vivace1721

animate1801

high-lifed1859

sassy1859

chippy1865

sparky1883

high-keyed1893

high life1903

peppy1914

pepful1915

jazzy1917

upbeat1947

zappy1969

sparkly1979

the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective]

jollyc1325

kedgec1440

fledge?1461

frisky?a1500

sprightya1522

frisk1528

sprightful1550

quick-spirited1552

lively1567

quick-sprighted1579

alive-like1582

aleger1590

firking1594

sprightly1594

sportive1595

mettled1599

alives-like1601

spirited1601

spirituous1601

mettle1606

great-stomached1607

free-spirited1613

spirity1615

spiritous1628

vivacious1645

rattlingc1650

sportful1650

airy1654

animated1660

racy1671

mettlesome1673

sparklinga1704

raffing?1719

bob1721

vivace1721

alive1748

lifey1793

spunky1831

gilpie1835

bubbling1860

chippy1865

bubblesome1879

colourful1882

sparky1883

bubbly1912

jazzy1917

spritzy1973

sparkly1979

kicking1983

1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xv. 33 When people of a more vivacious and nimble temper com to mingle with them.

1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App. xiv This is that nimble quick vivacious Orb All ear, all eye, with rayes round shining bright.

1692 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 92 The Pr: of Wales,..seeming..very much resembling..his mother, & of a most vivacious Countenance.

1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋10 If the Poet had not been Vivacious, as well as Stupid, he could not [etc.].

1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 266 With all the reachings and graspings of a vivacious mind.

1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. iii. 103 Vivacious pupils should from time to time be accustomed to an exact enumeration of particulars.

1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xi. 198 Here the vivacious doctor made a pathetic grimace.

1900 Longman's Mag. Mar. 438 The..question of assigning the palm of beauty to the vivacious..little mother or to the tall, slim, grave daughter.

absolute.1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 204. ⁋5 The young, the fair, the vivacious, and the witty.

b. Of birds.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > animated or lively

vivacious1774

1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 291 The scholar pitched upon may not only be more vivacious, but will continue in song.

1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 363 It is a vivacious bird, and frequently utters the notes sic sic sáic.

c. Of qualities, conditions, etc.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > lively or animated (of things)

rattlinga1398

sprightful1595

sprightly1598

vivacious1670

the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated > specifically of things

rattlinga1398

quickly1435

feverous1591

sprightful1595

sprightly1598

vegetea1643

bright-eyed1652

vivacious1670

sparkyc1865

1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) xvi. 159 These Passions..whose propensities are to..steal away from the Soul, that vivacious enlivening power.

1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1212 A most vivacious and everlasting sense of pain.

a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 294 Your Love the more vivacious grew, The nearer it to Glory drew.

1814 W. Scott Diary 12 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. v. 184 He looks very poorly,..but seems to retain all the quick, earnest, and vivacious intelligence of his character and manner.

1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 296 Mr. Snevellicci..proposed ‘The ladies—bless their hearts!’ in a most vivacious manner.

1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxviii. 190 She invited affection by her beauty and her vivacious life.

d. Of writings, language, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > lively

quick?c1225

lively1525

spirited1670

living1699

sparkling1701

tittuping1772

vivacious1788

dashing1796

1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxv. 211 If, instead of collecting ideas, it [i.e. the mind] had been indulging its own pride in uttering vivacious nonsense.

1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 202 The vivacious anecdotes related..rendered the whole scene peculiarly amusing.

1884 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 3/1 The new work is more vivacious than the old.

a. Continuing to live; remaining alive for a long time; long-lived. Now rare or Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > age > longevity > [adjective]

long-livinga1382

long-liveda1400

longeval1598

treble-dated1601

longevous1652

vivacious1655

longeve1678

macrobian1694

1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 110 Hitherto the English Bishops had been vivacious almost to wonder.

a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 74 Their Longevity swelling their Impieties, the Longanimity of God would no longer endure such vivacious abominations.

1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 26 They will never be able to prove, that therefore Men would be so vivacious as they would have us believe.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 49 He gave an old Vivacious Usurer His Meager Aspect, and his naked Bones.

1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 4 [One sees] Vivacious Ill; Good dying immature.

in extended use.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 293 By Gods blessing on his vivacious frugality he got so great an Estate.1693 J. O. tr. Cowley Hist. Plants i. 13 Though I the Oaks vivacious Age should live, I ne'er to all, their Names in Verse should give.

b. Of plants; †spec., perennial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > perennial

perennal?c1500

everlasting1578

perennial1669

vivacious1682

rhizocarpic1829

rhizocarpous1832

perpetual1837

perennating1888

1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. v. 172 As if the other [plant], because it contains a far greater Proportion of the abovesaid Particles,..is able to beget a more Numerous, Vivaceous, or Gigantick Birth.

1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 34 These..may again be distinguished by being Annual, or Perennial and Vivaceous.

1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Foxglove This Plant is one of those called the vivacious Plants, and consequently..may also be raised by the Roots.

1827 J. Coldstream in J. H. Balfour Biog. (1865) ii. 24 Such foreign vivacious plants as pass the winter without shelter in our climate.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 283 Still grows the vivacious lilac a generation after the door and lintel and the sill are gone.

3. Possessing or exhibiting tenacity of life; difficult to kill or destroy. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > viable

lifelike1600

vital1608

liveable1611

subsistable?1636

vivacious1660

viable1828

survivable1879

1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 373 The particular and vivacious Nature of this sort of Fishes [i.e. eels].

1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ii. 23 A late States-man said..of England, that it was a vivacious animal that could never dye except it kill'd it self.

1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 297 The long round worm..body transparent..gregarious and vivacious.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	vivacious
释义	vivaciousadj. Brit. /vᵻˈveɪʃəs/, /vʌɪˈveɪʃəs/, U.S. /vəˈveɪʃəs/, /vaɪˈveɪʃəs/ Forms: Also 1600s–1700s -eous. Etymology: < Latin vīvāci-, vīvāx (whence French vivace , Italian vivace , Spanish vivaz , Portuguese vivaz ), tenacious of life, long-lived, lively, vigorous, < vīvĕre to live: see -acious suffix. 1. Full of, characterized by, or exhibiting vivacity or liveliness; animated, brisk, lively, sprightly. a. Of persons, the mind, disposition, etc.In quot. 1647 the reference is to the soul. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated jollyc1325 lightsomea1382 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 crank1499 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 cranking1567 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 aleger1590 bright-eyed1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 spirituous1601 great-stomached1607 spirity1615 spiritous1628 lifesomec1635 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 quick-set1653 airy1654 animated1660 sparklinga1704 bob1721 vivace1721 animate1801 high-lifed1859 sassy1859 chippy1865 sparky1883 high-keyed1893 high life1903 peppy1914 pepful1915 jazzy1917 upbeat1947 zappy1969 sparkly1979 the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] jollyc1325 kedgec1440 fledge?1461 frisky?a1500 sprightya1522 frisk1528 sprightful1550 quick-spirited1552 lively1567 quick-sprighted1579 alive-like1582 aleger1590 firking1594 sprightly1594 sportive1595 mettled1599 alives-like1601 spirited1601 spirituous1601 mettle1606 great-stomached1607 free-spirited1613 spirity1615 spiritous1628 vivacious1645 rattlingc1650 sportful1650 airy1654 animated1660 racy1671 mettlesome1673 sparklinga1704 raffing?1719 bob1721 vivace1721 alive1748 lifey1793 spunky1831 gilpie1835 bubbling1860 chippy1865 bubblesome1879 colourful1882 sparky1883 bubbly1912 jazzy1917 spritzy1973 sparkly1979 kicking1983 1645 J. Howell Epistolæ Ho-elianæ ii. xv. 33 When people of a more vivacious and nimble temper com to mingle with them. 1647 H. More Philos. Poems iii. App. xiv This is that nimble quick vivacious Orb All ear, all eye, with rayes round shining bright. 1692 J. Evelyn Diary (1955) V. 92 The Pr: of Wales,..seeming..very much resembling..his mother, & of a most vivacious Countenance. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 43. ⁋10 If the Poet had not been Vivacious, as well as Stupid, he could not [etc.]. 1785 E. Burke Speech Nabob Arcot's Debts in Wks. (1815) IV. 266 With all the reachings and graspings of a vivacious mind. 1798 M. Edgeworth & R. L. Edgeworth Pract. Educ. I. iii. 103 Vivacious pupils should from time to time be accustomed to an exact enumeration of particulars. 1861 ‘G. Eliot’ Silas Marner xi. 198 Here the vivacious doctor made a pathetic grimace. 1900 Longman's Mag. Mar. 438 The..question of assigning the palm of beauty to the vivacious..little mother or to the tall, slim, grave daughter. absolute.1752 S. Johnson Rambler No. 204. ⁋5 The young, the fair, the vivacious, and the witty. b. Of birds. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [adjective] > animated or lively vivacious1774 1774 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 63 291 The scholar pitched upon may not only be more vivacious, but will continue in song. 1817 J. F. Stephens Shaw's Gen. Zool. X. ii. 363 It is a vivacious bird, and frequently utters the notes sic sic sáic. c. Of qualities, conditions, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adjective] > lively or animated (of things) rattlinga1398 sprightful1595 sprightly1598 vivacious1670 the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective] > lively, vivacious, or animated > specifically of things rattlinga1398 quickly1435 feverous1591 sprightful1595 sprightly1598 vegetea1643 bright-eyed1652 vivacious1670 sparkyc1865 1670 E. Maynwaring Vita Sana & Longa (new ed.) xvi. 159 These Passions..whose propensities are to..steal away from the Soul, that vivacious enlivening power. 1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. vii. 1212 A most vivacious and everlasting sense of pain. a1711 T. Ken Hymns for Festivals in Wks. (1721) I. 294 Your Love the more vivacious grew, The nearer it to Glory drew. 1814 W. Scott Diary 12 Aug. in J. G. Lockhart Mem. Life Scott (1837) III. v. 184 He looks very poorly,..but seems to retain all the quick, earnest, and vivacious intelligence of his character and manner. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxx. 296 Mr. Snevellicci..proposed ‘The ladies—bless their hearts!’ in a most vivacious manner. 1853 C. Brontë Villette III. xxxviii. 190 She invited affection by her beauty and her vivacious life. d. Of writings, language, etc. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [adjective] > lively quick?c1225 lively1525 spirited1670 living1699 sparkling1701 tittuping1772 vivacious1788 dashing1796 1788 V. Knox Winter Evenings (1790) I. xxv. 211 If, instead of collecting ideas, it [i.e. the mind] had been indulging its own pride in uttering vivacious nonsense. 1826 F. Reynolds Life & Times II. 202 The vivacious anecdotes related..rendered the whole scene peculiarly amusing. 1884 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 3/1 The new work is more vivacious than the old. 2. a. Continuing to live; remaining alive for a long time; long-lived. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > age > longevity > [adjective] long-livinga1382 long-liveda1400 longeval1598 treble-dated1601 longevous1652 vivacious1655 longeve1678 macrobian1694 1655 T. Fuller Church-hist. Brit. ix. 110 Hitherto the English Bishops had been vivacious almost to wonder. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 74 Their Longevity swelling their Impieties, the Longanimity of God would no longer endure such vivacious abominations. 1693 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. viii. 26 They will never be able to prove, that therefore Men would be so vivacious as they would have us believe. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fifth 49 He gave an old Vivacious Usurer His Meager Aspect, and his naked Bones. 1743 E. Young Complaint: Night the Fourth 4 [One sees] Vivacious Ill; Good dying immature. in extended use.a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Northampt. 293 By Gods blessing on his vivacious frugality he got so great an Estate.1693 J. O. tr. Cowley Hist. Plants i. 13 Though I the Oaks vivacious Age should live, I ne'er to all, their Names in Verse should give. b. Of plants; †spec., perennial. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > by age or cycles > [adjective] > perennial perennal?c1500 everlasting1578 perennial1669 vivacious1682 rhizocarpic1829 rhizocarpous1832 perpetual1837 perennating1888 1682 N. Grew Anat. Plants iv. ii. v. 172 As if the other [plant], because it contains a far greater Proportion of the abovesaid Particles,..is able to beget a more Numerous, Vivaceous, or Gigantick Birth. 1721 R. Bradley Philos. Acct. Wks. Nature 34 These..may again be distinguished by being Annual, or Perennial and Vivaceous. 1725 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Œconomique at Foxglove This Plant is one of those called the vivacious Plants, and consequently..may also be raised by the Roots. 1827 J. Coldstream in J. H. Balfour Biog. (1865) ii. 24 Such foreign vivacious plants as pass the winter without shelter in our climate. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 283 Still grows the vivacious lilac a generation after the door and lintel and the sill are gone. 3. Possessing or exhibiting tenacity of life; difficult to kill or destroy. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > life > source or principle of life > [adjective] > viable lifelike1600 vital1608 liveable1611 subsistable?1636 vivacious1660 viable1828 survivable1879 1660 R. Boyle New Exper. Physico-mechanicall Digress. 373 The particular and vivacious Nature of this sort of Fishes [i.e. eels]. 1667 R. Allestree Causes Decay Christian Piety ii. 23 A late States-man said..of England, that it was a vivacious animal that could never dye except it kill'd it self. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 297 The long round worm..body transparent..gregarious and vivacious. 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