Vi*vac"i*ty (?), n. [L. vivicitas: cf. F. vivacit'e.]
The quality or state of being vivacious.
Specifically: --
(a)
Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor.
[Obs.]
The vivacity of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long.
Fuller.
(b)
Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity; vivacity of countenance.
Syn. -- Liveliness; gayety. See Liveliness.
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