Vivid

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvɪvɪd/

Origin

From Latin vividus ("animated, spirited"), from vivere ("to live"), akin to vita ("life"), Ancient Greek βίος (bios, "life").

Full definition of vivid

Noun

1. (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker.

Adjective

1. (of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.
2. (of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.
• 1963, Margery Allingham, The China Governess Chapter 1, 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.
3. Full of life, strikingly alive.
• 1907, w, The Dust of Conflict Chapter 32, 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.

Derived terms

• vividness
• vividly

Related terms

• devive
• revive
• survive
• viable
• vital