vigour
noun/ˈvɪɡə(r)/
/ˈvɪɡər/
(US English vigor)
[uncountable]- energy, force or enthusiasm synonym vitality
- He worked with renewed vigour and determination.
Extra ExamplesTopics Personal qualitiesc2- He set to his task with renewed vim and vigour.
- She attacked both parties with equal vigour.
- She was a wonderful, bubbly girl, full of vigour.
- The government gave assurances that the enquiry would be pursued with vigour.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- increased
- increasing
- fresh
- …
- regain
- restore
- lack
- …
- with vigour
- full of vigour
- vim and vigour
- with equal vigour
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French, from Latin vigor, from vigere ‘be lively’.
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