Vivacity

//vɪˈvæsɪti// noun

noun ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality or state of being vivacious. countable, uncountable

    "But reposed natures may do well in youth. […] On the other side, heat and vivacity in age, is an excellent composition for business."

  2. 2
    characterized by high spirits and animation wordnet

Synonyms

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livelinessvivaciousnessactivityalacrityanimal spiritsanimate existence

Example

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"Some secret sorrow, or the brooding spirit of some moody passion, had quenched the light and ingenuous vivacity of youth."

Etymology

From vivac(ious) + -ity, borrowed from Latin vīvācitās.

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