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3 definitions found
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Vivacious \Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), adjective [L. v['i]vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See {Vivid}.]
1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.]
Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign. --Fuller.
The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be. --I. Taylor.
2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. ''Vivacious nonsense.'' --V. Knox.
3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.]
Syn: Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted. -- {Vi*va"cious*ly}, adverb -- {Vi*va"cious*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
vivacious
adjective: vigorous and active; "a vibrant group that challenged the system"; "a charming and vivacious hostess"; "a vivacious folk dance" [syn: {vibrant}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
112 Moby Thesaurus words for "vivacious": active, activist, activistic, acute, aggressive, agog, alacritous, alert, alive, all agog, animate, animated, antic, anxious, avid, blithe, bouncing, bouncy, breathless, breezy, brisk, bubbly, buoyant, bursting to, cant, capersome, cheerful, chipper, coltish, desirous, dynamic, eager, ebullient, effervescent, energetic, enterprising, enthusiastic, exuberant, forceful, forcible, forward, frisky, frolicsome, full of beans, full of go, full of life, full of pep, gamesome, gay, go-go, happy, hearty, high-spirited, impatient, impetuous, incisive, intense, jaunty, keen, kinetic, light-hearted, live, lively, living, lusty, mercurial, merry, mettlesome, militant, panting, peppy, perky, pert, piquant, playful, poignant, prompt, pungent, quick, quicksilver, racy, raring to, ready, ready and willing, robust, rollicking, rollicksome, rompish, skittish, smacking, snappy, spanking, sparkling, spirited, sportive, sprightly, spry, strenuous, strong, sunny, take-charge, take-over, trenchant, up, vibrant, vigorous, vital, vivid, zestful, zesty, zingy, zippy
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