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vigour

noun
/ˈvɪɡə/UK/ˈvɪɡɚ/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from *weǵ-✻
  2. derived from vigor
  3. derived from vigour
  4. inherited from vigour

Definitions

  1. Active strength or force of body or mind

    Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.

    • The vigour of this arm was never vain
    • Mr. Elliot's frank statement that "sloth and untidiness are indefensible" is a sign that the task will be tackled with vigour.
    • A compound of eggs boiled with myrrh, pepper, and cinnamon, taken on several successive days, is recommended by Arabs for strengthening amorous vigor.

  2. Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.

    • A plant grows with vigour.

  3. Strength

    Strength; efficacy; potency.

    • But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.

The neighborhood

Derived

envigorate, hybrid vigor, hybrid vigour, vigorous, vim and vigour

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at vigour. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01vigour02exertion03mental04emotional05determined06determination07impulsion08impulse09force

A definitional loop anchored at vigour. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at vigour

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA