vitality
English
Etymology
From Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /vaɪˈtælɪti/, [vaɪˈtælɪɾi]
Noun
vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)
- The capacity to live and develop.
- Energy or vigour.
- That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
Translations
the capacity to live and develop
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energy or vigour
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Further reading
- vitality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vitality in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
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