vivacity

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

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.]
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