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Vivacity


VIVAC'ITY, noun [Latin 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.]

5. Longevity. [Not in use.]