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vivacity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /vɪˈvæsɪti/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality or state of being vivacious.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • 1738, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part I, Section III. Of the Ideas of the Memory and the Imagination, We find by experience, that when any impression has been present with the mind, it again makes its appearance there as an idea; and this it may do after two different ways: either when in its new appearance it retains a considerable degree of its first vivacity, and is somewhat intermediate betwixt an impression and an idea: or when it entirely loses that vivacity, and is a perfect idea.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

characterized by high spirits and animation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: high-spiritedness

History

Etymology

From Latin vīvācitās (whence -acity).

Across languages

Translations

31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: vivacitat — the state of being vivacious
  • French: vivacité — the state of being vivacious
  • Georgian: სიცოცხლისუნარიანობა (sicocxlisunarianoba) — the state of being vivacious
  • Georgian: სიცხოველე (sicxovele) — the state of being vivacious
  • Georgian: სიმხიარულე (simxiarule) — the state of being vivacious
  • Georgian: სიმკვირცხლე (simḳvircxle) — the state of being vivacious
  • German: Lebendigkeit — the state of being vivacious
  • Interlingua: vivacitate — the state of being vivacious
  • Irish: móraigeantacht — the state of being vivacious
  • Italian: vivacità — the state of being vivacious
  • Italian: vivezza — the state of being vivacious
  • Italian: brillantezza — the state of being vivacious
  • Italian: briosità — the state of being vivacious
  • Latin: ācritās — the state of being vivacious
  • Latin: ācritūdō — the state of being vivacious
  • Latvian: žirgtums — the state of being vivacious
  • Latvian: spirgtums — the state of being vivacious
  • Latvian: možums — the state of being vivacious
  • Latvian: mundrums — the state of being vivacious
  • Latvian: mundrība — the state of being vivacious
  • Norwegian Bokmål: livlighet — the state of being vivacious
  • Portuguese: vivacidade — the state of being vivacious
  • Romanian: vivacitate — the state of being vivacious
  • Russian: жи́вость (žívostʹ) — the state of being vivacious
  • Russian: оживлённость (oživljónnostʹ) — the state of being vivacious
  • Serbo-Croatian: жи̏ва̄хно̄ст — the state of being vivacious
  • Serbo-Croatian: бо̏дро̄ст — the state of being vivacious
  • Serbo-Croatian: žȉvāhnōst — the state of being vivacious
  • Serbo-Croatian: bȍdrōst — the state of being vivacious
  • Spanish: vivacidad — the state of being vivacious
  • Turkish: hayat doluluk — the state of being vivacious