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Vivid

//ˈvɪvɪd// adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Clear, detailed, or powerful.
  2. 2
    Bright, intense, or colourful.

    "Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area."

  3. 3
    Full of life; strikingly alive.

    "The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza."

Adjective
  1. 1
    (of color) having the highest saturation wordnet
  2. 2
    having strong or striking color wordnet
  3. 3
    having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience wordnet
  4. 4
    evoking lifelike images within the mind wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen. New-Zealand

Etymology

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.

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