vim

English

Etymology

1843, possibly from the Latin vim, accusative of vis (“power, energy”) (from which English vis); perhaps a modern imitative of the Latin.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɪm

Noun

vim (plural vims)

1. Ready vitality and vigor.
   • 1999, Neil Gaiman, Stardust, p. 58 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)

     But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor and vim that he remembered from the days when he was young…

Synonyms

• energy, high spirits, pep

Derived terms

• vim and vigor

Translations

vigor

• Russian: энергия (ru) (enérgija) f, сила (ru) (síla) f, мощь (ru) (móščʼ) f, напор (ru) (napór) m

Related terms

• vis

References

Anagrams

• VMI

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Latin

Noun

vim

1. accusative singular of vīs

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Lojban

Rafsi

vim

1. rafsi of vikmi.

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Portuguese

Verb

vim (infinitive: vir)

1. First-person singular (eu) preterite indicative of vir