Vivacious

//vaɪˈveɪʃəs// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Lively and animated; full of life and energy.

    "Thus then society is not arranged in clans, but in tribes, united by the general sense of a common name, a common abode, a common history, a common religion, and a remote sense of a common tribal stock, without any sense of personal affinity in each individual case. Again, it is curious to observe that the xenial relation was not less vivacious than that of blood."

  2. 2
    Long-lived. obsolete
  3. 3
    Difficult to kill. rare
Adjective
  1. 1
    vigorous and animated wordnet

Synonyms

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animatedspiritedbrightabuzzactiveactivist

Example

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"Mary was very vivacious and easy to talk to."

Etymology

From Latin vīvāx, vīvāci- (“lively, vigorous”) + -ous, from vīvere (“to live”).

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