• (a.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. • (a.) Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. • (a.) Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/vivacious/
1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. '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.... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20973
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... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/V/32
HMS Vivacious was a British V Class destroyer of 1090 tons displacement launched in 1917. She was armed with four 4-inch guns; one 2-pounder pompom anti-aircraft gun; one machine gun; four Lewis guns and six 21-inch torpedo tubes arranged in two triple mountings added during modifications carried out in 1920. She was powered by three Yarrow oil boi... Found on http://www.probertencyclopaedia.com/browse/RV.HTM