From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
vivid \viv"id\ (v[i^]v"[i^]d), a. [L. vividus, from vivere to
life; akin to vivus living. See {Quick}, a., and cf.
{Revive}, {Viand}, {Victuals}, {Vital}.]
1. True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or
freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense;
as, vivid colors.
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In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play.
--Cowper.
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Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of
painting, the human face and human form divine.
--Bp. Hobart.
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2. Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors;
lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
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Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid
faculties to exercise . . . themselves in. --South.
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Syn: Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick;
sprightly; active.
[1913 Webster] -- {viv"id*ly}, adv. -- {viv"id*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
vividness
n 1: interest and variety and intensity; "the Puritan Period was
lacking in color"; "the characters were delineated with
exceptional vividness" [syn: {color}, {colour},
{vividness}]
2: chromatic purity: freedom from dilution with white and hence
vivid in hue [syn: {saturation}, {chroma}, {intensity},
{vividness}]
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