Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Dictionary: VIT'U-LINE – VIV'ID-NESS, or VIV-ID'I-TY
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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.]
- Lively; active; sprightly in temper or conduct. – Howell.
- Long lived. [Not in use.] – Bentley.
- 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.
- Activity; liveliness; sprightliness of temper or behavior; vivacity. – Dryden.
- Power of living; also, long life. [Not in use.] – Brown. Boyle.
VI-VAC'I-TY, n. [Fr. vivacité; L. vivacitas.]
- Liveliness; sprightliness of temper or behavior; as, a lady of great vivacity.
- Air of life and activity; as, vivacity of countenance.
- Life; animation; spirits; as, the vivacity of a discourse.
- Power of living. [Not used.] – Boyle.
- 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.]
- 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.
- Lively; sprightly; forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; as, a vivid imagination.
VIV'ID-LY, adv.
- With life; with strength. Sensitive objects affect a man much more vividly than those which affect only his mind. – South.
- With brightness; in bright colors. – Boyle.
- 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.
- Life; strength; sprightliness.
- Strength of coloring; brightness.