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vital
English
Etymology
From Middle English vital, from Old French vital, from Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”), from v?ta (“life”), from v?v? (“I live”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: v?'t?l, IPA(key): /?va?t?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?va?t??l/
- Rhymes: -a?t?l
Adjective
vital (comparative more vital, superlative most vital)
- Relating to, or characteristic of life.
- Synonym: lifely
- Necessary to the continuation of life; being the seat of life; being that on which life depends.
- Invigorating or life-giving.
- Necessary to continued existence.
- Relating to the recording of life events.
- Very important.
- Synonyms: crucial, necessary, significant; see also Thesaurus:important
- Containing life; living.
- Synonyms: extant, live, kicking; see also Thesaurus:alive
- Capable of living; in a state to live; viable.
Derived terms
Related terms
Antonyms
- mortal
Translations
Further reading
- vital in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- vital in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitalis.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Valencian) IPA(key): /vi?tal/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bi?tal/
Adjective
vital (masculine and feminine plural vitals)
- vital
Related terms
- vida
- vitalitat
French
Etymology
From Old French vital, from Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi.tal/
- Homophones: vitale, vitales
Adjective
vital (feminine singular vitale, masculine plural vitaux, feminine plural vitales)
- vital
Related terms
- vitalité
- vie
Further reading
- “vital” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Etymology
From Latin v?t?lis (“of life, life-giving”).
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais)
- vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
- vital, important, necessary
Related terms
- vida
- vitalidade
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin v?t?lis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vi?ta?l/
- Rhymes: -a?l
Adjective
vital (comparative vitaler, superlative am vitalsten)
- lively; hale; vigorous
- (rather rare, formal) vital (necessary to, or characteristic of life)
Declension
Synonyms
- (lively): lebhaft; markig; rüstig; voller Leben
- (vital): lebenswichtig; Lebens-
Interlingua
Adjective
vital (not comparable)
- vital
Related terms
- vita
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)
- vital
References
- “vital” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital (neuter singular vitalt, definite singular and plural vitale)
- vital
References
- “vital” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin vitalis.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /vi.?taw/
Adjective
vital m or f (plural vitais, comparable)
- vital (relating to, or characteristic of life)
- vital (necessary to the continuation of life)
- vital (very important)
- Synonyms: crucial, fundamental, essencial
Related terms
- vida
- vitalidade
Romanian
Etymology
From French vital, from Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital m or n (feminine singular vital?, masculine plural vitali, feminine and neuter plural vitale)
- vital
Declension
Related terms
- vitalitate
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin vitalis.
Adjective
vital (plural vitales)
- vital
Derived terms
Related terms
- vitalidad
- vida
See also
- vivo
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fleshly
English
Etymology
From flesh +? -ly.
Adjective
fleshly (comparative fleshlier, superlative fleshliest)
- Of or relating to the body.
- Synonyms: bodily, corporeal
- c. 1596, William Shakespeare, King John, Act IV, Scene 2,[1]
- […] in the body of this fleshly land,
- This kingdom, this confine of blood and breath,
- Hostility and civil tumult reigns
- Between my conscience and my cousin’s death.
- 1645, John Milton, “Il Penseroso” in Poems of Mr. John Milton, both English and Latin, London: Humphrey Moseley, p. 40,[2]
- […] to unfold
- What Worlds, or what vast Regions hold
- The immortal mind that hath forsook
- Her mansion in this fleshly nook:
- 1668, John Denham, “The Progress of Learning” Part 3, in Poems and Translations; with the Sophy, London: Jacob Tonson, 5th edition, 1709, p. 234,[3]
- When from their fleshly Bondage they are free,
- Then what divine, and future things they see!
- 1795, Richard Cumberland, Henry, London: Charles Dilly, Volume 3, Chapter 7, p. 58,[4]
- those inward pains that agonize us more than all our fleshly wounds
- 1926, Walter de la Mare, “Missing” in Best Stories of Walter de la Mare, London: Faber and Faber, 1942, p. 175,[5]
- We shook hands—though I doubt if a mere fleshly contact can express much while the self behind it is dumb with instinctive distaste.
- Of, relating to or resembling flesh; composed of flesh; having a lot of flesh.
- Synonym: fleshy
- 1608, Thomas Middleton, A Mad World, My Masters, London: Walter Burre, Act II,[6]
- […] lay on load enough vpon e’m, and spare e’m not, for the’re good plump fleshly Asses, and may well enough beare it:
- 1793, uncredited translator, The Natural History of Birds by Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, London: A. Strahan, T. Cadell and J. Murray, Volume 2, pp. 52-53,[7]
- In almost all birds, except the carnivorous kinds, the male seems to have more power of development, which appears in their greater height, the strength of their muscles, and in certain excrescences, as fleshly membranes, spurs, &c. […]
- 1970, Patrick White, The Vivisector, London: Penguin, Chapter 1, p. 14,[8]
- He touched the leaves of some of the glossy bushes to find out whether they felt as fleshly as they looked. [At least one U.S. edition has fleshy][9]
- Of or relating to pleasurable (often sexual) sensations.
- Synonyms: carnal, lascivious, sensual
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 1 Peter 2.11,[10]
- […] abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul.
- 1921, John Dos Passos, Three Soldiers, New York: Modern Library, 1932, Part 4, Chapter 2, p. 238,[11]
- A wave of desire for furious fleshly enjoyments went through him, making him want steaming dishes of food drenched in rich, spice-flavored sauces; making him want to get drunk on strong wine; to roll on thick carpets in the arms of naked, libidinous women.
- Of or relating to non-spiritual or non-religious matters.
- Synonyms: secular, worldly
- Antonyms: heavenly, spiritual
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, 2 Corinthians 1.12,[12]
- […] in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world […]
- 1857, George Eliot, Scenes of Clerical Life, Volume 2, Chapter 8,[13]
- Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution: a self-obtrusive, over-hasty reformer complacently disclaiming all merit, while his friends call him a martyr, has not in reality a career the most arduous to the fleshly mind.
Derived terms
- fleshliness
- unfleshly
Translations
Adverb
fleshly (comparative more fleshly, superlative most fleshly)
- (archaic) In a sensual way; in a sexual way; carnally.
- 1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994, p. 24,[14]
- And the drunkard is with drink. And the ploughman is with his oxen. And the inhabitant of Ulverton doth loll fleshly abed.
- 1992, Adam Thorpe, Ulverton, New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1994, p. 24,[14]
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