"vivacious" meaning in English

See vivacious in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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: From Latin vīvāx, vīvāci- (“lively, vigorous”) + -ous, from vīvere (“to live”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*gʷeyh₃-}}, {{der|en|la|vīvāx,<alt:vīvāci->||lively, vigorous}} Latin vīvāx, vīvāci- (“lively, vigorous”), {{af|en|-ous}} -ous Head templates: {{en-adj}} vivacious (comparative more vivacious, superlative most vivacious)
  1. Lively and animated; full of life and energy. 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 (Māori), دینج (dinc) (Ottoman Turkish), 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)
    Sense id: en-vivacious-en-adj-PaPHe7Nz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 23 Disambiguation of 'lively and animated': 94 4 2 Disambiguation of 'lively and animated': 94 4 2
  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)
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  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- Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 40 23 Disambiguation of 'difficult to kill': 1 2 97
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: vivaciousness
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "langlebig"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "vīvāx"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "dolgóvečen",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "долго́вечен"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "mnogolétnij",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "многоле́тний"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "dugovječan"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "lang_code": "sh",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "dugovjek"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "long-lived",
      "word": "vivaz"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "lang_code": "cmn",
      "roman": "hěn nán shāsǐ",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "很難殺死 /很难杀死"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "vytrvalý"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "sitkeähenkinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "langlebig"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "vīvāx"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "žílav",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "жи́лав"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "lang_code": "mk",
      "roman": "ízdržliv",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "и́здржлив"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "živučij",
      "sense": "difficult to kill",
      "word": "живучий"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vivacious"
}

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