Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VIT'U-LINE, a. [L. vitulinus.]

Belonging to a calf, or to veal.

VI-TUP'ER-A-BLE, a. [See Vituperate.]

Blameworthy; censurable. [Not used.]

VI-TU'PER-ATE, v.t. [L. vitupero.]

To blame; to censure.

VI-TU-PER-A'TION, n. [L. vituperatio.]

Blame; censure.

VI-TU'PER-A-TIVE, a.

Uttering or writing censure; containing censure. – Pope.

VI-TU'PER-A-TIVE-LY, adv.

With vituperation or abuse.

VIVACE, adv. [or adj. Vivace.]

In music, brisk and lively.

VI-VA'CIOUS, a. [L. vivax, from vivo, to live.]

1. Lively; active; sprightly in temper or conduct. – Howell.
2. Long lived. [Not in use.] – Bentley.
3. Having vigorous powers of life; as, vivacious plants. – Med. Repos.

VI-VA'CIOUS-LY, adv.

With vivacity, life or spirit.

VI-VA'CIOUS-NESS, n.

1. Activity; liveliness; sprightliness of temper or behavior; vivacity. – Dryden.
2. Power of living; also, long life. [Not in use.] – Brown. Boyle.

VI-VAC'I-TY, n. [Fr. vivacité; L. vivacitas.]

1. Liveliness; sprightliness of temper or behavior; as, a lady of great vivacity.
2. Air of life and activity; as, vivacity of countenance.
3. Life; animation; spirits; as, the vivacity of a discourse.
4. Power of living. [Not used.] – Boyle.
5. Longevity. [Not in use.] – Brown.

VI'VA-RY, n. [L. vivarium, from vivo, to live.]

A warren; a place for keeping living animals, as a pond, a park, &c. – Cowel.

VIVAT-REGINA, v. [Vivat regina; L.]

Long live the queen.

VIVAT-RESPUBLICA, v. [Vivat respublica; L.]

Long live the republic.

VIVAT-REX, v. [Vivat rex; L.]

Long live the king.

VIVA-VOCE, adv. [Viva voce; L.]

By word of mouth; as, to vote viva voce.

VIVE, a. [Fr. vif; L. vivus.]

Lively; forcible. [Not in use.] – Bacon.

VIVE-LE-ROI, v. [Vive le roi; Fr.]

Long live the king.

VIVE'LY, adv.

In a lively manner. [Not used.]

VI'VEN-CY, n. [L. vivens, from vivo.]

Manner of supporting life or vegetation. [Not in use.] – Brown.

VIVES, n.

A disease of brute animals, particularly of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration. – Cyc.

VIV'I-AN-ITE, n.

A phosphate of iron, of various shades of blue and green. – Phillips.

VIV'ID, a. [L. vividus, from vivo, to live.]

1. Bright; strong; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; as, the vivid colors of the rainbow; the vivid green of flourishing vegetables. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. – Bp. Hobart.
2. Lively; sprightly; forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; as, a vivid imagination.

VIV'ID-LY, adv.

1. With life; with strength. Sensitive objects affect a man much more vividly than those which affect only his mind. – South.
2. With brightness; in bright colors. – Boyle.
3. In glowing colors; with animated exhibition to the mind. The orator vividly represented the miseries of his client.

VIV'ID-NESS, or VIV-ID'I-TY, n.

1. Life; strength; sprightliness.
2. Strength of coloring; brightness.