verve
See also: Verve
English
Etymology
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Borrowed from French verve (“rapture, animation, spirit, caprice, whim”).
Pronunciation
Noun
verve (uncountable)
- Excitement of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing
- artistic energy and enthusiasm
- vigour, vitality and liveliness
- 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage
- rapture, enthusiasm
- spirit, energy
- 1960, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, chapter XII, in Jeeves in the Offing, London: Herbert Jenkins, →OCLC:
- Normally, this [girl] presents to the world the appearance of one who is feeling that if it isn't the best of all possible worlds, it's quite good enough to be going on with till a better one comes along. Verve, I mean, and animation and all that sort of thing. But now there was a listlessness about her [...]
Translations
excitement of imagination
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Further reading
- “verve”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “verve”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Dutch
Verb
verve
French
Etymology
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Probably from Late Latin verva, alteration of the plural of Latin verbum. Doublet of verbe.
Pronunciation
Noun
verve f (plural verves)
Further reading
- “verve”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
verve f (uncountable)
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