vigorous

From Anglo-Norman vigrus, from Old French vigoros (French vigoureux), from Medieval Latin vigorosus, from Latin vigor. Doublet of vigoroso.

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪɡəɹəs/
• (Appalachians, obsolete) IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪɡɹəs/[1]

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• Rhymes: -ɪɡəɹəs

vigorous (comparative more vigorous, superlative most vigorous)

1. Physically strong and active.

   a vigorous scrub

   a vigorous search

   • 1895, Annual Report of the Ohio State Board of Agriculture, page 280:

     Life in the country will be fuller, richer, and more comfortful, because it is freer, healthier, and more vigorous.

   • 1976, Joni Mitchell (lyrics and music), “Song for Sharon”:

     Now there are twenty-nine skaters on Wollman Rink
     Circling in singles and in pairs
     In this vigorous anonymity

2. Mentally strong and active.
3. Rapid of growth.

   a vigorous shrub

• vigorously