VIVACIOUS

vibrant, vivacious

(adjective) vigorous and animated; “a vibrant group that challenged the system”; “a charming and vivacious hostess”; “a vivacious folk dance”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Adjective

vivacious (comparative more vivacious, superlative most vivacious)

Lively and animated; full of life and energy.

(obsolete) Long-lived.

(rare) Difficult to kill.

Synonyms

• (lively and animated): animated, bubbly, ebullient, high-spirited, lively, vibrant, exciting

Source: Wiktionary

Vi*va"cious, a. Etym: [L. vívax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.]

1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.] 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. The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. I. Taylor.

2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." V. Knox.

3. (Bot.)

Definition: Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.]

Syn.

– Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light- hearted.

– Vi*va"cious*ly, adv.

– Vi*va"cious*ness, n.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition