energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim
(noun) an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); “his writing conveys great energy”; “a remarkable muscularity of style”
vigor, vigour, dynamism, heartiness
(noun) active strength of body or mind
energy, vigor, vigour, zip
(noun) forceful exertion; “he plays tennis with great energy”; “he’s full of zip”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
vigor (countable and uncountable, plural vigors)
(American spelling) Alternative form of vigour
• Virgo
Source: Wiktionary
Vig"or, n. Etym: [OE. vigour, vigor, OF. vigor, vigur, vigour, F. vigueur, fr. L. vigor, fr. vigere to be lively or strong. See Vegetable, Vigil.]
1. Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy. The vigor of this arm was never vain. Dryden.
2. Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action; as, a plant grows with vigor.
3. Strength; efficacy; potency. But in the fruithful earth . . . His beams, unactive else, their vigor find. Milton.
Note: Vigor and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure.
Vig"or, v. t.
Definition: To invigorate. [Obs.] Feltham.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
27 April 2024
(adjective) remarkable or out of the ordinary in degree or magnitude or effect; “a great crisis”; “had a great stake in the outcome”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
