Vigour Definition

noun

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

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(biology) Strength or force in animal or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.

A plant grows with vigour.
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Strength; efficacy; potency.

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Other Word Forms of Vigour

Noun

Singular:
vigour
Plural:
vigours

Origin of Vigour

  • From Middle English, from Anglo-Norman vigour, from Old French vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeo (“thrive, flourish"), from Proto-Indo-European.

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  • Related to vigil, and more distantly compare vis and vital, from similar Proto-Indo-European roots and meanings (lively, power, life), via Latin.

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Vigour Sentence Examples

  • She had inherited vigour of body and mind.

  • The face is full of fire and vigour.

  • There is, however, real vigour and force in this fragment on the hero's death.

  • This decline of vigour was felt, with the customary effects of discord and bad government, in Lower Italy.

  • Russia, was reduced to a very low ebb, in consequence of the silkworm disease, and was only renewed with any vigour towards the end of the 'eighties.

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Words Starting With

VVIVIG

Words Ending With

RUROUR

Unscrambles

vigour

Words Starting With V and Ending With R

Starts With V & Ends With RStarts With VI & Ends With RStarts With V & Ends With UR

Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With V6 Letter Words Ending With R