vigor
[vig-er]
noun
active strength or force.
healthy physical or mental energy or power; vitality.
energetic activity; energy; intensity: The economic recovery has given the country a new vigor.
force of healthy growth in any living matter or organism, as a plant.
active or effective force, especially legal validity.
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agility, strength, ability, endurance, vitality, capability, quickness, intensity, potency, alertness, urgency, dynamism, force, sock, healthiness, bounce, vim, dash, juice, zing
Nearby words
- vignola,
- vignola, giacomo da,
- vigny,
- vigo,
- vigo, jean,
- vigorish,
- vigoro,
- vigoroso,
- vigorous,
- vigorously
Also especially British, vig·our.
Origin of vigor
1300–50; Middle English vigo(u)r < Anglo-French; Middle French vigeur < Latin vigor force, energy, equivalent to vig(ēre) to be vigorous, thrive + -or -or1
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Examples from the Web for vigor
vigor
c.1300, from Anglo-French vigour, Old French vigor, from Latin vigorem (nominative vigor) "liveliness, activity, force," from vigere "be lively, flourish, thrive," from PIE *wog-/*weg- "be lively or active" (see vigil).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
vigor
see vim and vigor.
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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