verve

Meaning

1. (feminine) eloquence
2. (feminine) verve, brio

Concepts

verve

vivacity

botfly

horsefly

oestrus

eloquency

Synonyms

inspiration

éloquence

enthousiasme

entrain

transport

Translations

brio

verve

Verve

Schwung

fācundia

geestdrift

οίστρος

eloquentia

ευγλωττία

facundia

eloquenza

bezieling

Eloquenz

gloed

Beredsamkeit

Pronounced as (IPA)

/vɛʁv/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: verba

In summary

Probably from Late Latin verva, a variant of Latin verba (“words; discourse; expressions; language”), the plural of verbum (“word”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wérdʰh₁om (“that which is said; utterance, word”), from the verb *wérdʰh₁eti (“to speak, say”), derived from the root *werh₁- + *-dʰh₁eti. Doublet of verbe.