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Brio

//ˈbɹiːoʊ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Vigour or vivacity. uncountable

    "He lay tossing restlessly on a dirty old straw palliasse, and was in great pain; but greeted his friend with a dash of the old brio."

  2. 2
    quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous wordnet

Etymology

From Italian brio (“finesse, talent”), from Spanish brío, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brīgos.

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