Vituperation Vi·tu`per·a"tion noun [ Latin
vituperatio : confer Old French
vituperation . See
Vituperate .]
The act of vituperating; abuse; severe censure; blame. When a man becomes untractable and inaccessible by fierceness and pride, then vituperation comes upon him.
Donne.
Vituperative Vi·tu"per·a·tive adjective Uttering or writing censure; containing, or characterized by, abuse; scolding; abusive. --
Vi*tu"per*a*tive*ly ,
adverb Vituperative appellations derived from their real or supposed ill qualities.
B. Jonson.
Vituperator Vi·tu"per·a`tor noun [ Latin ]
One who vituperates, or censures abusively.
Vituperrious Vi`tu·per"ri·ous adjective Worthy of vituperation; shameful; disgraceful. [ Obsolete]
Viva Vi"va interj. [ Italian ]
Lit., (long) live; -- an exclamation expressing good will, well wishing, etc. --
noun The word viva, or a shout or sound made in uttering it. A wilder burst of " vivas ".
R. H. Davis.
Viva voce Vi"va vo"ce (v> imac/"vȧ vō"se). [ Latin ] By word of mouth; orally.
Vivace Vi·va"ce adjective & adverb [ Italian ]
(Mus.) Brisk; vivacious; with spirit; -- a direction to perform a passage in a brisk and lively manner.
Vivacious Vi·va"cious adjective [ Latin
vívax ,
-acis , from
vivere to live. See
Vivid .]
1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [ Obsolete]
Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [ Queen Elizabeth's] reign.
Fuller. The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be.
I. Taylor. 2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "
Vivacious nonsense."
V. Knox. 3. (Botany) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [ R.]
Syn. -- Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted. --
Vi*va"cious*ly ,
adverb --
Vi*va"cious*ness ,
noun
Vivacity Vi·vac"i·ty noun [ Latin
vivicitas : confer French
vivacité .]
The quality or state of being vivacious. Specifically: --
(a) Tenacity of life; vital force; natural vigor. [ Obsolete]
The vivacity of some of these pensioners is little less than a miracle, they lived so long.
Fuller. (b) Life; animation; spiritedness; liveliness; sprightliness; as, the vivacity of a discourse; a lady of great vivacity ; vivacity of countenance. Syn. -- Liveliness; gayety. See
Liveliness .
Vivandier Vi`van`dier" noun [ Old French & French
vivandier , from Late Latin
vivanda ,
vivenda , provisions. Confer
Viand .]
In Continental armies, esp. the French, a sutler.
Vivandière Vi`van`dière" noun [ French See
Viand .]
In Continental armies, especially in the French army, a woman accompanying a regiment, who sells provisions and liquor to the soldiers; a female sutler.
Vivant Vi`vant" noun [ French, p.pr., living.]
In mort, bridge, and similar games, the partner of dummy.
Vivarium Vi·va"ri·um noun ;
plural English
Vivariums , Latin
Vivaria . [ Latin , from
vivarius belonging to living creatures, from
vivus alive, living. See
Vivid .]
A place artificially arranged for keeping or raising living animals, as a park, a pond, an aquarium, a warren, etc.
Vivary Vi"va·ry (vī"vȧ*rȳ)
noun ;
plural Vivaries (-rĭz).
A vivarium. "That . . .
vivary of fowls and beasts."
Donne.
Vivda Viv"da (vĭv"dȧ)
noun See Vifda .
Vive Vive (vēv). [ French, imperative sing. present from vivre to live, Latin vivere .] Long live, that is, success to; as, vive le roi , long live the king; vive la bagatelle , success to trifles or sport.
Vive Vive (vīv)
adjective [ Latin
vivus : confer French
vif . See
Vivid .]
Lively; animated; forcible. [ Obsolete]
Bacon.
Vively Vive"ly adverb In a lively manner. [ Obsolete]
If I see a thing vively represented on the stage.
B. Jonson.
Vivency Vi"ven·cy noun [ Latin
vivens , present participle of
vivere to live.]
Manner of supporting or continuing life or vegetation. [ Obsolete]
Sir T. Browne.
Viverra Vi·ver"ra noun [ Latin , a ferret.]
(Zoology) A genus of carnivores which comprises the civets.
Viverrine Vi·ver"rine adjective (Zoology) Of or pertaining to the Viverridæ , or Civet family.
Vivers Vi"vers noun plural [ French
vivres , plural of
vivre , orig., to live.]
Provisions; victuals. [ Prov. Eng. & Scot.]
I 'll join you at three, if the vivers can tarry so long.
Sir W. Scott.
Vives Vives noun [ Old French
vives , French
avives (cf. Spanish
abivas ,
adiva ) from Arabic
ad- dhība . Confer
Fives vives.]
(Far.) A disease of brute animals, especially of horses, seated in the glands under the ear, where a tumor is formed which sometimes ends in suppuration.
Vivianite Viv"i·an·ite noun [ So called by Werner after the English mineralogist F. German
Vivian .]
(Min.) A hydrous phosphate of iron of a blue to green color, growing darker on exposure. It occurs in monoclinic crystals, also fibrous, massive, and earthy.
Vivid Viv"id adjective [ Latin
vividus , from
vivere to life; akin to
vivus living. See
Quick ,
adjective , and confer
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 ,
adverb --
Viv"id*ness ,
noun
Vividity Vi·vid"i·ty noun The quality or state of being vivid; vividness. [ R.]
Vivific, Vivifical Vi·vif"ic, Vi·vif"ic·al adjective [ Latin
vivificus : confer French
vivifique . See
Vivify .]
Giving life; reviving; enlivening. [ R.]
Vivificate Vi·vif"i·cate transitive verb [ Latin
vivificatus , past participle
vivificare . See
Vivify .]
1. To give life to; to animate; to revive; to vivify. [ R.]
God vivificates and actuates the whole world.
Dr. H. More. 2. (Chemistry) To bring back a metal to the metallic form, as from an oxide or solution; to reduce. [ Obsolete]
Vivification Viv`i·fi·ca"tion noun [ Latin
vivificatio : confer
vivification .]
1. The act of vivifying, or the state of being vivified; restoration of life; revival. Bacon. 2. (Physiol.) One of the changes of assimilation, in which proteid matter which has been transformed, and made a part of the tissue or tissue cells, is endowed with life, and thus enabled to manifest the phenomena of irritability, contractility, etc. McKendrick. 3. (Chemistry) The act or process of vivificating. [ Obsolete]
Vivificative Viv"i·fi·ca·tive adjective Able or tending to vivify, animate, or give life; vivifying.
Vivify Viv"i·fy transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Vivified ;
present participle & verbal noun Vivifying .] [ French
vivifier , Latin
vivificare . See
Vivid ,
-fy ; confer
Vivificate .]
To endue with life; to make to be living; to quicken; to animate. Sitting on eggs doth vivify , not nourish.
Bacon.
Vivipara Vi·vip"a·ra noun plural [ New Latin See
Viviparous .]
(Zoology) An artificial division of vertebrates including those that produce their young alive; -- opposed to Ovipara .
Viviparity Viv`i·par"i·ty noun (Biol.) The quality or condition of being viviparous. H. Spencer.
Viviparous Vi·vip"a·rous adjective [ Latin
viviparus ;
vivus alive +
parere to bear, bring forth. Confer
Viper .]
(Biol.) Producing young in a living state, as most mammals, or as those plants the offspring of which are produced alive, either by bulbs instead of seeds, or by the seeds themselves germinating on the plant, instead of falling, as they usually do; -- opposed to oviparous . Viviparous fish .
(Zoology) See Embiotocoid . --
Viviparous shell (Zoology) ,
any one of numerous species of operculated fresh- water gastropods belonging to Viviparus , Melantho , and allied genera. Their young, when born, have a well-developed spiral shell.
Viviparously Vi·vip"a·rous·ly adverb (Biol.) In a viviparous manner.
Viviparousness Vi·vip"a·rous·ness noun (Biol.) The quality of being viviparous; viviparity.
Vivisect Viv"i·sect` transitive verb To perform vivisection upon; to dissect alive. [ Colloq.]
Pop. Sci. Monthly.
Vivisection Viv`i·sec"tion noun [ Latin
vivus alive + English
section : confer French
vivisection . See
Vivid , and
Section .]
The dissection of an animal while alive, for the purpose of making physiological investigations.
Vivisectional Viv`i·sec"tion·al adjective Of or pertaining to vivisection.
Vivisectionist Viv`i·sec"tion·ist noun One who practices or advocates vivisection; a vivisector.
Vivisector Viv`i·sec"tor noun A vivisectionist.
Vixen Vix"en noun [ Anglo-Saxon
fixen a she-fox, for
fyxen , fem. of
fox . See
Fox .]
1. A female fox. [ Obsolete or Prov. Eng.]
2. A cross, ill-tempered person; -- formerly used of either sex, now only of a woman. Barrow. She was a vixen when she went to school.
Shak.
Vixenish Vix"en·ish adjective Of or pertaining to a vixen; resembling a vixen.
Vixenly Vix"en·ly adjective Like a vixen; vixenish. Barrow.
Viz Viz adverb [ Contr. from
videlicet .]
To wit; that is; namely.
Vizard Viz"ard noun [ See
Visor .]
A mask; a visor. [ Archaic] "A grotesque
vizard ."
Sir W. Scott. To mislead and betray them under the vizard of law.
Milton.
Vizarded Viz"ard·ed adjective Wearing a vizard. [ R.]
Shak.
Vizcacha Viz·ca"cha noun [ Spanish ]
(Zoology) Same as Viscacha .
Vizier Viz"ier noun [ Arabic
wezīr ,
wazīr , properly, a bearer of burdens, a porter, from
wazara to bear a burden: confer French
vizir ,
visir . Confer
Alguazil .]
A councilor of state; a high executive officer in Turkey and other Oriental countries. [ Written also
visier ,
vizir , and
vizer .]
Grand vizier ,
the chief minister of the Turkish empire; -- called also vizier-azem .
Vizier-azem Vi·zier`-a·zem" noun [ Arabic
azam great. See
Vizier .]
A grand vizier. See under Vizier .
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