brio

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brio

  • /ˈbɹiːoʊ/

Rhymes with -iːoʊ

Where it comes from

From Italian brio (“finesse, talent”), from Spanish brío, ultimately from Proto-Celtic *brīgos.

noun

  1. uncountable Vigour or vivacity. He lay tossing restlessly on a dirty old straw palliasse, and was in great pain; but greeted his friend with a dash of the old brio.

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noun vigour or vivacity

DeutschElan, Feuer, Schwung
Русскийжи́вость žívostʹ

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"brio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/brio. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

brio. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/brio

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"brio." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/brio.

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@misc{brio_2026,
  title = {brio},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/brio},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}