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vivid

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vividus (animated, spirited), from vivere (to live), akin to vita (life), Ancient Greek ???? (bíos, life).

The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from a brand name.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?v?v?d/

Adjective

vivid (comparative vivider, superlative vividest)

  1. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
  2. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
  3. Full of life, strikingly alive.

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Translations

Noun

vivid (plural vivids)

  1. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

Further reading

  • vivid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • vivid in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Spanish

Verb

vivid

  1. (Spain) Informal second-person plural (vosotros or vosotras) affirmative imperative form of vivir.

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