vitality
English edit
Etymology edit
vital + -ity, from Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)
- The capacity to live and develop.
- Energy or vigour.
- That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.
Related terms edit
Translations edit
the capacity to live and develop
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energy or vigour
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that which distinguishes living from nonliving things
References edit
- ^ Jespersen, Otto (1909) A Modern English Grammar on Historical Principles (Sammlung germanischer Elementar- und Handbücher; 9)[1], volume I: Sounds and Spellings, London: George Allen & Unwin, published 1961, § 4.86, page 145.
Further reading edit
- “vitality”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “vitality”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.