DIMENSIONS: DENOTATION / Quality
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Vivacity n. 1. the quality or state of being vivacious. 2. liveliness; animation; sprightliness. [late ME < L vívácitát- (s. of vívácitás) = viváci- [s. of vívaz long-lived, lively = vív(us) alive + áci- adj. s uffix) + -tát- -ty2]
Vivacious adj. 1. lively or animated; sprightly. 2. Archaic. long-lived. or tenacious of life. [Vivacit(ty) + -ous] -Syn . 1. spirited. -Ant. 1. languid.
[Urdang, Laurence, ed. Random House Dictionary of The English Language. New York: Random House, 1968.]
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