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vigorous

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?v?????s/
  • Rhymes: -?????s

Adjective

vigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous)

  1. Physically strong and active.
    • 1976, Joni Mitchell, "Song for Sharon":
      Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
      Circling in singles and in pairs
      In this vigorous anonymity
  2. Mentally strong and active.
  3. Rapid of growth.
    a vigorous shrub

Translations

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rousing

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??a?z??/
  • Rhymes: -a?z??

Adjective

rousing (comparative more rousing, superlative most rousing)

  1. That rouses or excites.
    rousing music

Verb

rousing

  1. present participle of rouse

Noun

rousing (plural rousings)

  1. The act by which somebody or something is roused.
    • 2010, Kathleen Huggins, The Expectant Parents' Companion (page 88)
      Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both. Disposables can save parents repeated nighttime rousings or frequent sheet changes.

Anagrams

  • nigrous, rugosin, souring

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