vigour

Meaning

  1. (countable, uncountable) Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
  2. (countable, uncountable) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Strength; efficacy; potency.

Frequency

37k
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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