vivacious

English

WOTD – 7 August 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”)[1] (with the suffix -ious), from vīvere (“to live”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vaɪˈveɪʃəs/, /vɪˈveɪʃəs/
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Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

Adjective

vivacious (comparative more vivacious, superlative most vivacious)

Lively and animated; full of life and energy.
(obsolete) Long-lived.
(rare) Difficult to kill.

Synonyms

(lively and animated): animated, bubbly, ebullient, high-spirited, lively, vibrant, exciting

Derived terms

vivaciousness

Related terms

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<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vital' title='vital'>vital</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vitality' title='vitality'>vitality</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vivacious' title='vivacious'>vivacious</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vivacity' title='vivacity'>vivacity</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vivarium' title='vivarium'>vivarium</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vivid' title='vivid'>vivid</a>

<a class='CategoryTreeLabel CategoryTreeLabelNs0 CategoryTreeLabelPage' href='/wiki/vivisection' title='vivisection'>vivisection</a>

Translations

lively and animated

Catalan: vivaç m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 活潑 (zh), 活泼 (zh) (huópo), 精神 (zh) (jīngshen)
Czech: čilý (cs), čiperný
Dutch: levendig (nl)
Finnish: eloisa (fi), pirteä (fi)
French: vivace (fr)
German: lebhaft (de)
Irish: móraigeanta
Italian: vivace (it)

Latin: vīvāx
Latvian: spirgts, žirgts, možs, mundrs
Maori: ngangahau
Persian: سرزنده‎ (fa) (sarzende)
Portuguese: vivaz (pt)
Russian: живо́й (ru) (živój), оживлённый (ru) (oživljónnyj), жизнерадостный (ru) (žizneradostnyj)
Serbo-Croatian: živahan (sh)
Spanish: vivaz (es)
Swedish: livfull (sv), livlig (sv)

long-lived

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: pitkäikäinen
German: langlebig (de)

Latin: vīvāx
Russian: многоле́тний (ru) (mnogolétnij)
Serbo-Croatian: dugovječan (sh), dugovjek (sh)
Spanish: vivaz (es)

difficult to kill

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: vytrvalý
Finnish: sitkeähenkinen (fi)

German: langlebig (de)
Latin: vīvāx
Russian: живучий (ru) (živučij)

References

“vivacious” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.