Vi*va"cious (?; 277), a. [L.
vívax, -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, adv. --
Vi*va"cious*ness, n.
Vi*va"cious (?; 277), a. [L.
vívax, -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, adv. --
Vi*va"cious*ness, n.
