English Explanatory Dictionary

vitality

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The capacity to live and develop.
  2. Energy or vigour.
  3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Pronunciation

/vaɪˈtælɪti/ /vaɪˈtæləti/ /vɪ-/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-vitality.wav

Word forms

vitality vitalities

Etymology

From vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

Synonyms

vital force life force

Related words

devive revive survive viable vim and vigor vis viva vital vitalism vivid
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