'Vivaciousness' definitions:

Definition of 'Vivaciousness'

From: GCIDE
  • Vivacious \Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [L. v['i]vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.]
  • 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
  • The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." --V. Knox. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.] [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted. [1913 Webster] -- {Vi*va"cious*ly}, adv. -- {Vi*va"cious*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

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