vigour
Meaning
- Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
- Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
- Strength; efficacy; potency.
Synonyms
ability
bodily strength
physical power
biological fitness
fitness of organisms
absence of fatigue
possessed of vitality
lustriness
Valency
thirst for action
physical force
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪɡə/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeō (“thrive, flourish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be lively”). Related to vigil, vegetable, vajra, and waker.
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