vivid
/ˈvɪvɪd/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.75 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Example Sentences
- "Whenever the locomotive was working hard there was unmistakable evidence of its higher power than its predecessors in the brilliant and explosive arcing between conductor shoes and the third rail; this was particularly vivid in Quarry Tunnel in the down direction, where the display equalled anything we have seen on the frostiest of nights in an electrified third-rail area."
- "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."
- "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."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin vīviduslbor. English vivid Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.
Word Breakdown
- Root: *gʷeyh₃-
Usage
Inflected Forms
more vivid (comparative)
vivider (comparative)
most vivid (superlative)
vividest (superlative)
vivids (plural)