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
23 November 2024
(adjective) concerned primarily with theories or hypotheses rather than practical considerations; “theoretical science”
The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.
