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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VIV'ID, a. [L. vividus, from vivo, to live.]
1. Lively; sprightly; active.
Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly vivid faculties to exert themselves in.
2. Lively; sprightly; forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; as a vivid imagination.
3. 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.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: evoking lifelike images within the mind; "pictorial poetry and prose"; "graphic accounts of battle"; "a lifelike portrait"; "a vivid description" [syn: graphic, lifelike, pictorial, vivid]
2: having the clarity and freshness of immediate experience; "a vivid recollection"
3: having striking color; "bright dress"; "brilliant tapestries"; "a bird with vivid plumage" [syn: bright, brilliant, vivid]
4: (of color) having the highest saturation; "vivid green"; "intense blue" [syn: intense, vivid]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin vividus, from vivere to live — more at quick Date: 1634 1. of a color very strong ; very high in chroma 2. having the appearance of vigorous life or freshness ; lively <a vivid sketch> 3. producing a strong or clear impression on the senses ; sharp, intense; specifically producing distinct mental images <a vivid description> 4. acting clearly and vigorously <a vivid imagination> Synonyms: see graphic • vividly adverb • vividness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 (of light or colour) strong, intense, glaring (a vivid flash of lightning; of a vivid green). 2 (of a mental faculty, impression, or description) clear, lively, graphic (has a vivid imagination; have a vivid recollection of the scene). 3 (of a person) lively, vigorous. Derivatives: vividly adv. vividness n. Etymology: L vividus f. vivere live

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Vivid Viv"id, a. [L. vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and cf. Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital.] 1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors. In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. --Cowper. Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. --Bp. Hobart. 2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination. Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. --South. Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active. -- Viv"id*ly, adv. -- Viv"id*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

1. If you describe memories and descriptions as vivid, you mean that they are very clear and detailed. People of my generation who lived through World War II have vivid memories of confusion and incompetence... On Wednesday night I had a very vivid dream which really upset me. ADJ • vividly I can vividly remember the feeling of panic. ADV: usu ADV with v, also ADV adj 2. Something that is vivid is very bright in colour. ...a vivid blue sky. ADJ • vividly ...vividly coloured birds. ADV: ADV -ed/adj

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Lively, sprightly, vigorous, animated, quick, active, strong. 2. Bright, clear, lucid, lively, brilliant, intense, animated, strong.

Moby Thesaurus

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