vivacious

English

WOTD – 7 August 2007

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) (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)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• vivaciousness

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *gʷeyh₃-‎ (0 c, 28 e)

Translations

lively and animated

• Bulgarian: жив (bg) (živ), оживен (bg) (oživen)
• Catalan: vivaç
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 活潑／活泼 (zh) (huópo), 精神 (zh) (jīngshen)

• Czech: čilý (cs), čiperný
• Dutch: levendig (nl)
• Finnish: eloisa (fi), pirteä (fi)
• French: vivace (fr)
• Galician: vivaz
• Georgian: ცოცხალი (cocxali), ცხოველი (cxoveli), სიცოცხლისმოყვარული (sicocxlismoq̇varuli), მხიარული (mxiaruli)
• German: lebhaft (de)
• Irish: móraigeanta
• Italian: vivace (it)
• Latin: vīvāx
• Latvian: spirgts, žirgts, možs, mundrs
• Macedonian: жив (živ), ве́сел (vésel), по́движен (pódvižen)
• 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)
• Turkish: hayat dolu (tr)

long-lived

• Bulgarian: дълговечен (bg) (dǎlgovečen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 長命／长命 (zh) (chángmìng), 長久／长久 (zh) (chángjiǔ)

• Finnish: pitkäikäinen
• Georgian: მრავალწლიანი (mravalc̣liani)
• German: langlebig (de)
• Latin: vīvāx
• Macedonian: долго́вечен (dolgóvečen)
• Russian: многоле́тний (ru) (mnogolétnij)
• Serbo-Croatian: dugovječan (sh), dugovjek (sh)
• Spanish: vivaz (es)

difficult to kill

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 很難殺死／很难杀死 (hěn nán shāsǐ)

• Czech: vytrvalý (cs)
• Finnish: sitkeähenkinen (fi)
• German: langlebig (de)
• Latin: vīvāx
• Macedonian: жи́лав (žílav), и́здржлив (ízdržliv)
• Russian: живучий (ru) (živučij)

Further reading

• “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.