Category:Vivacity

Vi*vac"i*ty, n. Etym: [l. vivicitas: cf. F. vivacité.]

Defn: the quality or state of being vivacious. Specifically: -- (a) tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [obs.] The vivacity Of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived So long. Fuller.

(b) life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the Vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of Countenance.

Syn. -- liveliness; gayety. See liveliness.