vivacious

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

• IPA^(key): /vaɪˈveɪʃəs/, /vɪˈveɪʃəs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃəs

vivacious (comparative more vivacious, superlative most vivacious)

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

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

• vivaciousness

• “vivacious”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “vivacious”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
• “vivacious”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.