"vivacious" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /vaɪˈveɪʃəs/, /vɪˈveɪʃəs/ Audio: en-us-vivacious.ogg , en-us-vivacious-2.ogg , en-au-vivacious.ogg Forms: more vivacious [comparative], most vivacious [superlative]
Rhymes: -eɪʃəs Etymology: Borrowed from Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”) (with the suffix -ious), from vīvere (“to live”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{bor+|en|la|vīvāx||lively, vigorous}} Borrowed from Latin vīvāx (“lively, vigorous”), {{af|en|-ious}} -ious Head templates: {{en-adj}} vivacious (comparative more vivacious, superlative most vivacious)
  1. Lively and animated; full of life and energy. Categories (topical): Emotions, Personality Synonyms (lively and animated): animated, bubbly, ebullient, high-spirited, lively, vibrant, exciting, effervescent Translations (lively and animated): жив (živ) (Bulgarian), оживен (oživen) (Bulgarian), vivaç (Catalan), 活潑 /活泼 (huópo) (Chinese Mandarin), 精神 (jīngshen) (Chinese Mandarin), čilý (Czech), čiperný (Czech), živý (Czech), levendig (Dutch), eloisa (Finnish), pirteä (Finnish), vivace (French), vivaz (Galician), ცოცხალი (cocxali) (Georgian), ცხოველი (cxoveli) (Georgian), სიცოცხლისმოყვარული (sicocxlismoq̇varuli) (Georgian), მხიარული (mxiaruli) (Georgian), lebhaft (German), móraigeanta (Irish), vivace (Italian), vīvāx (Latin), spirgts (Latvian), žirgts (Latvian), možs (Latvian), mundrs (Latvian), жив (živ) (Macedonian), ве́сел (vésel) (Macedonian), по́движен (pódvižen) (Macedonian), ngangahau (Maori), سرزنده (sarzende) (Persian), vivaz (Portuguese), живо́й (živój) (Russian), оживлённый (oživljónnyj) (Russian), жизнерадостный (žizneradostnyj) (Russian), živahan (Serbo-Croatian), vivaz (Spanish), livfull (Swedish), livlig (Swedish), hayat dolu (Turkish)
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  2. (obsolete) Long-lived. Tags: obsolete Translations (long-lived): дълговечен (dǎlgovečen) (Bulgarian), 長命 /长命 (chángmìng) (Chinese Mandarin), 長久 /长久 (chángjiǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), pitkäikäinen (Finnish), მრავალწლიანი (mravalc̣liani) (Georgian), langlebig (German), vīvāx (Latin), долго́вечен (dolgóvečen) (Macedonian), многоле́тний (mnogolétnij) (Russian), dugovječan (Serbo-Croatian), dugovjek (Serbo-Croatian), vivaz (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-vivacious-en-adj-HbFvozr8 Disambiguation of 'long-lived': 4 95 1
  3. (rare) Difficult to kill. Tags: rare Translations (difficult to kill): 很難殺死 /很难杀死 (hěn nán shāsǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), vytrvalý (Czech), sitkeähenkinen (Finnish), langlebig (German), vīvāx (Latin), жи́лав (žílav) (Macedonian), и́здржлив (ízdržliv) (Macedonian), живучий (živučij) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-vivacious-en-adj-~SARu1I- Disambiguation of 'difficult to kill': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vivaciousness
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      "roman": "sicocxlismoq̇varuli",
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      "code": "fa",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "жизнерадостный"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "lively and animated",
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      "sense": "long-lived",
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      "roman": "chángmìng",
      "sense": "long-lived",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chángjiǔ",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "長久 /长久"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "pitkäikäinen"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mravalc̣liani",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "მრავალწლიანი"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "langlebig"
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    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "vīvāx"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "dolgóvečen",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "долго́вечен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mnogolétnij",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "многоле́тний"
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      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "dugovječan"
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    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "dugovjek"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "vivaz"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "hěn nán shāsǐ",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "很難殺死 /很难杀死"
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    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "vytrvalý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "sitkeähenkinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "langlebig"
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    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "vīvāx"
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    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "žílav",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "жи́лав"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ízdržliv",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "и́здржлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "živučij",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "живучий"
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