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Vivacious \Vi*va"cious\ (?; 277), a. [L. v['i]vax, -acis, fr.
vivere to live. See {Vivid}.]
1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life;
long-lived. [Obs.]
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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.
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The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than
any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be.
--I. Taylor.
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2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a
vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." --V. Knox.
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3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year;
perennial. [R.]
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Syn: Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry;
jocund; light-hearted.
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{Vi*va"cious*ness}, n.
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