vigour
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vigour
- /ˈvɪɡə/ UK
- /ˈvɪɡɚ/ US
Rhymes with -ɪɡə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
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.
noun vigours · vigor · vygour · vigger
- 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
- Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action. A plant grows with vigour.
- Strength; efficacy; potency. But in the fruithful earth: there first receiv'd / His beams, unactive else, their vigour find.
Translations
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noun active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; force; energy
| Español | vigor, vivacidad |
|---|---|
| Português | vigor |
| Français | force, vigueur |
| Deutsch | Ausdruckskraft, Energie, Leidenschaftlichkeit |
| Italiano | vigore |
| Ελληνικά | σφρίγος sfrígos |
| Română | vigoare, vitalitate |
| Русский | си́ла síla, эне́ргия enérgija |
Talk about this word "vigour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vigour. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. vigour. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vigour "vigour." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vigour.Cite this
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