verve
[ vurv ]
/ vɜrv /
noun
enthusiasm or vigor, as in literary or artistic work; spirit: Her latest novel lacks verve.
vivaciousness; liveliness; animation: I like a teacher with plenty of verve.
Archaic. talent.
Words nearby verve
vertu, vertumnus, verulamian, verulamium, vervain, verve, vervelle, vervet, verwoerd, very, very high frequency
Origin of verve
1690–1700; < French: enthusiasm, whim, chatter, apparently < Latin verba words, talk, plural (taken in VL as feminine singular) of verbum word; see verb
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Word Origin for verve
C17: from Old French: garrulity, from Latin verba words, chatter
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