vivid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”).
The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from a brand name.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
vivid (comparative vivider, superlative vividest)
- (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
- (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
- 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess[1]:
- The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
- Full of life, strikingly alive.
- 1907, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict[2]:
- The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
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Translations[edit]
clear, detailed or powerful
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bright, intense or colourful
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Noun[edit]
vivid (plural vivids)
- (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.
Further reading[edit]
- vivid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vivid in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911.
Spanish[edit]
Verb[edit]
vivid
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