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Webster 1913 Edition

vivid

viv′id

(vĭv′ĭd)
,
Adj.
[L.
vividus
, from
vivere
to life; akin to
vivus
living. See
Quick
,
Adj.
, 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
.
In dazzling streaks the
vivid
lightnings play.
Cowper.
Arts which present, with all the
vivid
charms of painting, the human face and human form divine.
Bp. Hobart.
2.
Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly;
as, a
vivid
imagination
.
Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly,
vivid
faculties to exercise . . . themselves in.
South.
Syn. – Clear; lucid; bright; strong; striking; lively; quick; sprightly; active.
–
viv′id-ly
,
adv.
–
viv′id-ness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition

Vivid

VIV'ID

,
Adj.
[L. vividus, from vivo, to live.]
1.
Lively; sprightly; active.
Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly vivid faculties to exert themselves in.
2.
Lively; sprightly; forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; as a vivid imagination.
3.
Bright; strong; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; as the vivid colors of the rainbow; the vivid green of flourishing vegetables.
Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine.

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