vivacity
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 19
- Words With Friends
- 21
- Letters
- 8
/vɪˈvæsɪti/
Definition of vivacity
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
-
(countable, uncountable)The quality or state of being vivacious.
“But reposed natures may do well in youth. […] On the other side, heat and vivacity in age, is an excellent composition for business.”
“The one entertained me with her vivacity when I was gay, the other with her sense when I was serious.”
“In the name of truth and common sense, why should not one woman acknowledge that she can take more exercise than another? or, in other words, that she has a sound constitution; and why to damp innocent vivacity, is she darkly to be told, that men will draw conclusions which she little thinks of?”
“Some secret sorrow, or the brooding spirit of some moody passion, had quenched the light and ingenuous vivacity of youth in a countenance singularly fitted to display both […]”
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From vivac(ious) + -ity, borrowed from Latin vīvācitās.
Words you can make from vivacity
29 playable · top: CIVVY (16 pts)
Best play civvy 16 points6-letter words
2 words5-letter words
2 words4-letter words
5 words3-letter words
12 words2-letter words
7 wordsFind your best play with vivacity
See every word you can make from a set of letters that includes vivacity, or browse word lists you can mine for high-scoring plays.