Vigour

Definitions: Vigour

Vigour

Noun

1. An exertion of force; "he plays tennis with great energy".

2. Active strength of body or mind.

3. An imaginative lively style (especially style of writing); "his writing conveys great energy".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "vigour" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Synonyms: Vigour

Crosswords: Vigour

Books

• Chronic Vigour (reference)

• The Vigour of Prophecy: A Study of Virgil's Aeneid (reference)

• Zoroastrianism: Its Antiquity and Constant Vigour (Columbia Lectures on Iranian Studies, No 7) (reference)

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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

But what reason can hence advance this care of the parents due to their off-spring into an absolute arbitrary dominion of the father, whose power reaches no farther, than by such a discipline, as he finds most effectual, to give such strength and health to their bodies, such vigour and rectitude to their minds, as may best fit his children to be most useful to themselves and others; and, if it be necessary to his condition, to make them work, when they are able, for their own subsistence. (Second Treatise of Government)

The bourgeoisie has disclosed how it came to pass that the brutal display of vigour in the Middle Ages, which Reactionists so much admire, found its fitting complement in the most slothful indolence. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

The exception indicated the ever relentless vigour with which society frowned upon her sin.

From his firm though slow step, and the singular vigour impressed upon all his motions, one would hardly have thought him fifty.

He had known neither the pleasure of companionship with others nor the vigour of rude male health nor filial piety.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "vigour": add vigour ♦ with vigour. Additional references.

Beginning with "vigour": vigour-experts.

Afrikaan

mag (ability, be able, be able to, be allowed to, force, have, have the right to, may, power, strength), krag (force, strength), aktiwiteit (activity). (various references)

Albanian

fuqi (capacity, energy, exponent, force, intensity, lustiness, might, output, potency, power, proxy, ratio, strength, vigor). (various references)

Arabic 

‏نشاط (action, activity, alacrity, bang, bounce, energy, forcefulness, ginger, go, kick, lift, liveliness, mettle, momentum, movement, pep, promptitude, prosperity, pursuit, spirit, spunk, stir, strenuousness, tuck, verve, vigor, vim, virility, zip), ‏قوة الشباب (vigor), ‏قوة (ability, agency, arm, authority, birr, capacity, clout, dint, energy, faculty, force, forcefulness, forcing, hardihood, intension, intensity, iron, leverage, might, operation, potency, power, severity, sinew, solidity, stamina, starch, stoutness, strength, vehemence, vigor, violence, virility, virtue), ‏حيوية (activity, animation, dash, drive, elan, energy, ginger, life, liveliness, pep, sparkle, spirit, sprightliness, verve, vigor, vim, vitality, vivacity, youthfulness, zest, zing, zip), ‏سريان مفعول (force, validation, validity, vigor). (various references)

Bulgarian 

яркост (brightness, flamboyance, glow, harshness, intensity, jazz, luminance, obviousness, refulgence, vigor, vividness), якост (hardiness, hardness, resilience, resiliency, solidity, stoutness, sturdiness, tensility, toughness, vertebration, vigor), сила (definition, drive, dynamism, effect, energy, feck, fiber, fibre, flush, force, forcefulness, forte, goodness, hardness, impetus, intension, intensity, inwardness, kick, lustiness, medium, might, mightiness, muscle, muscularity, nerve, pith, potency, power, prowess, punch, sinews, snap, stamina, strength, stringency, tenacity, thews, tuck, vehemence, verve, vigor, vim, vinegar, violence, virility, virtue, virulence, vis, volume, zap, zip), крепкост (vigor), мощ (energy, might, mightiness, momentum, muscle, potency, power, strength, vigor), здравина (fastness, solidity, strength, sturdiness, vertebration, vigor), жизненост (animalism, dash, juice, life, pep, pith, pizzazz, pulse, staying power, vigor, vitality, vivacity), енергия (activity, drive, energy, force, go, go ahead, intensity, juice, lustiness, pep, pith, power, push, sinews, snap, spring, vigor, vim, zap, zip). (various references)

Catalan

força (force, strength). (various references)

Chinese 

强健 (Vigor). (various references)

Czech

vitalita (bounce, energy, lustiness, resilience, vigor, vitality), verva (gusto, pep, verve, vigor, vim), vášnivost (fervor, fervour, vehemence, vigor), síla (force, might, pith, potency, power, strength, thews, vigor), prudkost (effervescence, effervescency, ferocity, fierceness, impetuosity, intensity, rapidity, vehemence, viciousness, vigor, violence, virulence), pádnost (vigor), energie (energy, pith, power, sap, snap, spirit, stamina, vigor, vim), energiènost (decisiveness, vigor), dùraznost (vigor). (various references)

Danish

kraft (force, mechanical force, power, strength). (various references)

Dutch

activiteit (activity, disintegration rate, employment, occupation, operation, profession, running). (various references)

Esperanto

forto (force, strength), aktiveco (activity). (various references)

Faeroese

megi (ability, force, strength), makt (force, strength). (various references)

Finnish

voimakkuus (force, intensity, power, strength), voima (action, force, intensity, mechanical force, might, power, strength, work), virkeys (liveliness, vitality), vireys (alertness, arousal, energy), toimintatarmo (energy), tarmokkuus (energy), tarmo (energy), pontevuus (energy, vigorousness), jäntevyys (muscularity, nerve). (various references)

French

vitalité (vigor, vim, vitality), vigueur (vigor, vim), force, activité, énergie (vigor). (various references)

Frisian

warberens (activity). (various references)

German

Vitalität (exuberance, nervous energy, pulse, vigor, vigors, vitality), Kraft (ability, agency, by, by dint of, by means of, by use of, by virtue of, dint, employee, energy, faculty, force, forth, fortitude, heft, help, impetus, measurement for load, mechanical force, might, on, power, puissance, strength, through, torque, verdure, vigor, with, worker). (various references)

Greek 

ρώμη (lustiness, lustriness, strength, sturdiness, vigor), σφρίγοσ (kick, peppiness, tonicity, vigor), σθένοσ (fortitude, pith, pithiness, sinewiness, stamina, valency, vigor, vim, virility), ενεργητικότητα (action, energy, spirit, vigor, zip), ακμαιότητα (vigor), δύναμη (brawn, faculty, force, manpower, might, pithiness, potency, power, puissance, robustness, strength, sturdiness, thews, vigor, vigorousness, vim, virtue). (various references)

Hawaiian

veprimtari (activity), fuqi (force, strength), force (force, strength), aktivitet (activity). (various references)

Hebrew 

מרץ (drive, energy, force, liveliness, nerve, rigour, sap, sinew, snap, spirit, steam, strength, verve, vim), לש�" (fat, juice, marrow, medulla, sap), תקיפות (assertiveness, firmness, resoluteness, resolution, vehemence, violence), עוז (forcel, fortress, glory, heroism, main, might, power, strength, valour, vehemence), עצמ�" (force, herself, intensity, might, potency, power, strength, volume), כוחיות (potentiality), � מרצות (emphatically, forcefulness, strenuousness). (various references)

Hungarian

erély (forcefulness, snap, stamina, strength, vent, vigor). (various references)

Icelandic

virkni (activity), kraftur (activity, force, strength), athafsnemi (activity), þróttur (activity). (various references)

Indonesian

tenaga (power), kekuatan (efficacy, energy, erg, might, strength). (various references)

Italian

forza (brunt, c'mon, current, dint, force, forcefulness, kick, loudness, mechanical force, might, muscle, nerve, potency, power, puissance, sinews, spirit, strengh, strenght, strength, vim). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

剛健 (health, sturdiness, virility). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

きせい (ardour, completed, correction, death, entreaty, established, existing, fervour, great master of go, homecoming, oath, parasite, parasitism, pledge, prayer, rare, ready-made, realization of an objective, regulation, returning home, spirit, strange voice, uncommon, vow), �"うけ�" (constitutionality, health, sturdiness, virility), けっき (ardor, ardour, jump to one's feet, rising to action, stand up against, vigor). (various references)

Korean 

활기 (Vigor). (various references)

Manx

troshid (strength), lajerid (potency, powerfulness, prowess, soundness, starkness, strength), creeoilys, creeoilid (heartiness, spirit), bree (animation, drift, effect, energy, essence, exhalation, gist, glow, implication, importance, initiative, interpretation, inwardness, power, significance, stamina, validity, virtue). (various references)

Papiamen

fortalesa (force, strength), forsa (compel, force, strength), aktividat (activity). (various references)

Pig Latin

igourvay

Polish

siła, moc (force, strength). (various references)

Portuguese

vigor (bang, energy, flush, force, hardiness, liveliness, lustiness, nerve, pep, power, snap, stamina, steam, strength, stringency, vigor, vim, virility, vitality), força (action, dint, flush, force, grasp, hold, mechanical force, might, mightiness, nerve, potent, potentiate, power, pressure, raciness, steam, stoutness, strain, strength, thumbs up, vehemence, vigor, vim, violence, vitality). (various references)

Romanian

vitalitate (gimp, ginger, life blood, pulse, vigor, vitality), vigoare (effect, emphasis, energy, flush, force, pep, rankness, sap, snap, stamina, stoutness, strength, sturdiness, vigor, vim), vârtoşie (asperity, force, hardness, harshness, roughness, vigor), tãrie (bitterness, depth, energy, fastness, firmness, force, hardness, height, might, resolution, sky, solidity, steadfastness, stoutness, strength, vigor), sevã (sap, vim), robusteţe (lustiness, robustness, sturdiness, vigor), putere (authority, backbone, capacity, degree, depth, energy, force, greatness, hold, in, jurisdiction, keenness, masterdom, mastery, measure, might, mightiness, nerve, pith, potency, power, puissance, punch, reign, resistance, right, rulership, sap, stamina, steam, strength, sturdiness, sway, vigor, vigorousness, vim), forţã (drive, energy, force, greatness, influence, locomotive power, measure, might, mightiness, nerve, potency, power, punch, sinew, strength, stress, vigor, vim, violence, weight), energie (activity, backbone, bottom, briskness, drive, energy, force, gimp, go, gumption, might, nerve, pep, pepper, peppiness, pith, pithiness, power, punch, sap, snap, soul, spirit, spunk, strength, vigor, vim, virtue, zip). (various references)

Russian 

энергия (activity, dash, energy, hustle, might, motive force, motive power, pep, power, vigor, vim), сила (arm, efficacy, energy, force, force of, forcefulness, libido, lustiness, might, nerve, pitch, pith, potency, power, strength, strengths, vehemence, vigor, vim, violence, virtue), законность (legality, legitimacy, nomocracy, validity, vigor), активность (activeness, activity). (various references)

Scottish

treise (a. strongest, strength), smior (marrow, mettle : smior), mearsuinn, lùth (activity, pith, power, strength), clì (awkward : an car clì, left, strength, the left-hand turn). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

vrhunac snage (vigor), snaga (brawn, clout, firmness, force, kick, leverage, might, potency, power, rankness, sap, sinew, stamina, strength, sturdiness, vigor, wallop), energija (drive, energy, pep, power, vigor, vim, zip). (various references)

Spanish

fuerza (boldness, clout, cogency, constraint, force, forging, heaviness, intensity, juice, kick, loudness, mechanical force, might, mightiness, onrush, pithiness, power, pressure, punch, stiffness, strength, stress, weight), virtud (ability, chastity, courage, energy, force, merit, morality, purity, righteousness, strength, vice, virtue). (various references)

Sranan

powa (force, strength), krakti (force, strength, strong, vigorous). (various references)

Swedish

styrka (establishment, force, fortify, impact, intensity, invigorate, kick, loudness, lustiness, manpower, might, power, probate, prove, sinew, stamina, strength, strengthen, toughen, validate, vigor), kraft (drive, energy, force, impact, impetus, intensity, kick, lustiness, might, pith, pizzazz, potency, power, sinew, strength, vigor, vim, virtue, virulence), vigör (lustiness, vigor). (various references)

Tagalog

lakás (force, strength). (various references)

Turkish

kuvvet (beef, command, dint, energy, exponent, force, lustiness, main, might, pith, potency, power, punch, robustness, sinew, stamina, strength, thews, vigor, vinegar, vis, zing). (various references)

Ukranian 

сила (agency, cloud, efficacy, force, iron, muscle, nerve, pith, potence, potency, power, strength, vehemence, vigor, wealth), рішучість (dash, decision, determination, firmness, fixedness, flatness, purpose, resoluteness, spirit, vigor), законність (justice, legality, legitimacy, nomocracy, rightfulness, validity, vigor), жвавість (agility, alacrity, alertness, animation, liveliness, mercuriality, nimbleness, oomph, quickness, sparkle, starch, tightness, verve, vigor, vivacity). (various references)

Vietnamese 

sức mạnh (lustiness, mightiness, pithiness, sinew, starch, strength, vitality), sức hăng hái, sự mạnh mẽ khí lực, sự cường tráng sức mãnh liệt. (various references)

Yucatec

muuk' (force, strength). (various references)

Zulu

amandla (force, strength). (various references)

cervix, ops, vis. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "vigour": vigours. (additional references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: guiro, vigor.

-2 letters: giro.

-3 letters: gor, guv, our, rig, rug, vig, vug.

-4 letters: go, or.

+1 letter: vigours.

+2 letters: grievous, vigorous.

+3 letters: devouring, favouring, frugivore, outraving, overusing, savouring, vagarious, vapouring.

+4 letters: flavouring, frugivores, grievously, outbraving, outdriving, outserving, overbuying, overcuring, overruling, overturing, overurging, uncovering, unforgiven, vigorously, viraginous, vouchering.

+5 letters: frugivorous, granivorous, manoeuvring, outrivaling, outsavoring, overburning, overcutting, overdubbing, overfatigue, overfunding, overhauling, overhunting, overindulge, overissuing, overpumping, overruffing, overrunning, oversaucing, oversudsing, oversupping, overturning, overvaluing, unforgiving, vagariously, vertiginous.

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