English Explanatory Dictionary

vivid

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Clear, detailed, or powerful.
  2. Bright, intense, or colourful.
  3. Full of life; strikingly alive.
noun
  1. A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen.

Pronunciation

/ˈvɪvɪd/ en-us-vivid.ogg

Word forms

vivid more vivid vivider most vivid vividest vivids

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós 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.

Derived words

vividly vividness
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