vivid en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈvɪvɪd/
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vīviduslbor. English vivid Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Meanings
- (of perception) Clear, detailed, or powerful.
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(of an image or color) Bright, intense, or colourful.
Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area.
1959 March, “The 2,500 h.p. electric locomotives for the Kent Coast electrification”, in Trains Illustrated, page 125:The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.
1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 1, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
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Full of life; strikingly alive.
The vivid, untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.
1907 January, Harold Bindloss, chapter 32, in The Dust of Conflict, 1st Canadian edition, Toronto, Ont.: McLeod & Allen, →OCLC:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most vivid | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more vivid | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic | |
| vividest | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| vivider | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonvivid · vividness · ultravivid · vividly · unvivid · overvivid · vividity · hypervivid
Translations (80)
ga glé (clear, detailed or powerful) · hi चमकीला (bright, intense or colourful) · zza zelal (diq) (clear, detailed or powerful) · es vivo (bright, intense or colourful) · pt vivo (bright, intense or colourful) · yi בילדעריש (bright, intense or colourful) · pt vívido (clear, detailed or powerful) · fi eloisa (clear, detailed or powerful) · eo vigla (bright, intense or colourful) · sv färgglad (bright, intense or colourful) · ka მგზნებარე (clear, detailed or powerful) · eo viva (clear, detailed or powerful) · zza vırsen (bright, intense or colourful) · si වර්ණවත් (bright, intense or colourful) · cmn 鮮明 /鲜明 (clear, detailed or powerful) · tr cırlak (bright, intense or colourful) · ka ცოცხალი (clear, detailed or powerful) · vi sống động (bright, intense or colourful) · cmn 鮮明 /鲜明 (bright, intense or colourful) · ja 鮮烈 (clear, detailed or powerful) · mk живо́писен (bright, intense or colourful) · ka ნათელი (bright, intense or colourful) · tr berrak (clear, detailed or powerful) · ja 鮮やか (bright, intense or colourful) · bg ярък (clear, detailed or powerful) · ja 鮮やか (clear, detailed or powerful) · de anschaulich (clear, detailed or powerful) · ga beoga (clear, detailed or powerful) · tr parlak (bright, intense or colourful) · ca vívid (clear, detailed or powerful) · hi सजीव (clear, detailed or powerful) · nl gedetailleerd (clear, detailed or powerful) · bg блестящ (bright, intense or colourful) · gd beò (bright, intense or colourful) · mk ја́сен (clear, detailed or powerful) · fr vivide (clear, detailed or powerful) · it chiaro (clear, detailed or powerful) · cmn 鮮烈 /鲜烈 (clear, detailed or powerful) · ja 鮮明 (bright, intense or colourful) · fi elävä (bright, intense or colourful) · tr açık (clear, detailed or powerful) · nl helder (clear, detailed or powerful) · cmn 生動 /生动 (clear, detailed or powerful) · nl kleurrijklevendig (bright, intense or colourful) · mi muramura (bright, intense or colourful) · ga glé (bright, intense or colourful) · cs živý (bright, intense or colourful) · yi בילדעריש (clear, detailed or powerful) · be я́ркі (bright, intense or colourful) · ga gléineach (clear, detailed or powerful) · es vívido (clear, detailed or powerful) · pt vívido (bright, intense or colourful) · hi सुस्पष्ट (clear, detailed or powerful) · nl krachtig (clear, detailed or powerful) · ru живо́й (clear, detailed or powerful) · ja 鮮明 (clear, detailed or powerful) · ca vívid (bright, intense or colourful) · ka ძლიერი (clear, detailed or powerful) · no livlig (clear, detailed or powerful) · mk жив (clear, detailed or powerful) · ru я́ркий (bright, intense or colourful) · hi जीवंत (clear, detailed or powerful) · ka კაშკაშა (bright, intense or colourful) · nl intens (bright, intense or colourful) · cmn 鮮豔 /鲜艳 (bright, intense or colourful) · fi elävä (clear, detailed or powerful) · de lebhaft (clear, detailed or powerful) · ru я́сный (clear, detailed or powerful) · hu élénk (bright, intense or colourful) · no knall- (bright, intense or colourful) · zza berqın (bright, intense or colourful) · mk све́тол (bright, intense or colourful) · nl helder (bright, intense or colourful) · eo detala (clear, detailed or powerful) · ka ნათელი (clear, detailed or powerful) · ga gléineach (bright, intense or colourful) · it limpido (clear, detailed or powerful) · gd beò (clear, detailed or powerful) · de lebendig (clear, detailed or powerful) · tr net (clear, detailed or powerful)