vitality
English
Etymology
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From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French vitalité, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
Pronunciation
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.
Related terms
Translations
the capacity to live and develop
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energy or vigour
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that which distinguishes living from nonliving things
Further reading
- “vitality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vitality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.