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vivacity
English
Etymology
vivac(ious) +? -ity, borrowed from Latin v?v?cit?s.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /v??væs?ti/
- Hyphenation: vi?va?ci?ty
Noun
vivacity (countable and uncountable, plural vivacities)
- The quality or state of being vivacious.
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, “Of Youth and Age,”[1]
- But reposed natures may do well in youth. […] On the other side, heat and vivacity in age, is an excellent composition for business.
- 1738, David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book I, Part I, Section III. Of the Ideas of the Memory and the Imagination,[2]
- We find by experience, that when any impression has been present with the mind, it again makes its appearance there as an idea; and this it may do after two different ways: either when in its new appearance it retains a considerable degree of its first vivacity, and is somewhat intermediate betwixt an impression and an idea: or when it entirely loses that vivacity, and is a perfect idea.
- 1766, Oliver Goldsmith, The Vicar of Wakefield, Chapter 1,[3]
- The one entertained me with her vivacity when I was gay, the other with her sense when I was serious.
- 1792, Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman, Chapter 2,[4]
- In the name of truth and common sense, why should not one woman acknowledge that she can take more exercise than another? or, in other words, that she has a sound constitution; and why to damp innocent vivacity, is she darkly to be told, that men will draw conclusions which she little thinks of?
- 1819, Walter Scott, The Bride of Lammermoor, Chapter 5,[5]
- Some secret sorrow, or the brooding spirit of some moody passion, had quenched the light and ingenuous vivacity of youth in a countenance singularly fitted to display both […]
- 1908, Lucy Maud Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, Chapter 2,[6]
- […] an extraordinary observer might have seen that the chin was very pointed and pronounced; that the big eyes were full of spirit and vivacity; that the mouth was sweet-lipped and expressive; that the forehead was broad and full; in short, our discerning extraordinary observer might have concluded that no commonplace soul inhabited the body of this stray woman-child […]
- 1612, Francis Bacon, Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral, “Of Youth and Age,”[1]
Synonyms
- liveliness
- vivaciousness
Translations
Anagrams
- vacivity
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spirit
English
Etymology
From Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Compare inspire, respire, transpire, all ultimately from Latin sp?r? (“I breathe, blow, respire”). Displaced native Middle English gast (“spirit”) (from Old English g?st (“spirit, ghost”)), whence modern English ghost. Doublet of sprite.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?sp???t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?spi??t/, /?sp???t/
- Rhymes: -???t
- Hyphenation: spir?it
Noun
spirit (countable and uncountable, plural spirits)
- The soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
- A supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- A wandering spirit haunts the island.
- 1693, John Locke, Some Thoughts Concerning Education
- Whilst young, preserve his tender mind from all impressions and notions of spirits and goblins […] in the dark.
- Enthusiasm.
- The manner or style of something.
- (usually in the plural) A volatile liquid, such as alcohol. The plural form spirits is a generic term for distilled alcoholic beverages.
- Energy; ardour.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain
- "Write it then, quickly," replied Bede; and summoning all his spirits together, like the last blaze of a candle going out, he indited it, and expired.
- 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church History of Britain
- One who is vivacious or lively; one who evinces great activity or peculiar characteristics of mind or temper.
- a ruling spirit; a schismatic spirit
- 1697, John Dryden, Aeneid
- Such spirits as he desired to please, such would I choose for my judges.
- Temper or disposition of mind; mental condition or disposition; intellectual or moral state; often in the plural.
- to be cheerful, or in good spirits; to be down-hearted, or in bad spirits
- 1667, Robert South, Sermon VII
- God has […] made a spirit of building succeed a spirit of pulling down.
- (obsolete) Air set in motion by breathing; breath; hence, sometimes, life itself.
- (obsolete) A rough breathing; an aspirate, such as the letter h; also, a mark denoting aspiration.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar
- Be it a letter or spirit, we have great use of it.
- 1640, Ben Jonson, The English Grammar
- Intent; real meaning; opposed to the letter, or formal statement.
- the spirit of an enterprise, or of a document
- (alchemy, obsolete) Any of the four substances: sulphur, sal ammoniac, quicksilver, and arsenic (or, according to some, orpiment).
- the foure spirites and the bodyes seven
- (dyeing) Stannic chloride.
Derived terms
Pages starting with “spirit”.
Translations
See also
- ghost
- soul
Verb
spirit (third-person singular simple present spirits, present participle spiriting, simple past and past participle spirited)
- To carry off, especially in haste, secrecy, or mystery.
- 1835, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Pencillings by the Way:
- I felt as if I had been spirited into some castle of felicity.
- 1835, Nathaniel Parker Willis, Pencillings by the Way:
- Sometimes followed by up: to animate with vigour; to excite; to encourage; to inspirit.
Derived terms
- spirit away
- spirit off
Anagrams
- Tripis, pitris
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch spirit, from English spirit, from Middle English spirit, from Old French espirit (“spirit”), from Latin sp?ritus (“breath; spirit”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys- (“to blow, breathe”). Doublet of spiritus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?spir?t??]
- Hyphenation: spi?rit
Noun
spirit (plural spirit-spirit, first-person possessive spiritku, second-person possessive spiritmu, third-person possessive spiritnya)
- spirit:
- the soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
- Synonyms: arwah, atma, jiwa, hidup, kehidupan, nyawa, roh, sukma
- a supernatural being, often but not exclusively without physical form; ghost, fairy, angel.
- Synonyms: arwah, roh
- (figuratively) enthusiasm, energy; ardour.
- Synonyms: roh, semangat, spirit
- the soul of a person or other creature. What moves through experience into self-definition as souls purpose.
Related terms
Further reading
- “spirit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin spiritus. Compare also spiridu?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?spirit/
Noun
spirit n (plural spirite)
- spirit, ghost
- essence, psyche
- wit, genius
- manner, style
Declension
Synonyms
- (spirit, ghost): duh
Related terms
- spiridu?
See also
- n?luc?, stafie, spectru, apari?ie, fantom?
Tok Pisin
Etymology
English spirit
Noun
spirit
- spirit (physical form of God)
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