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# The BFD Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-bfd-word-of-the-day-1521/
- Published: 2024-03-29T17:15:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-01-29T17:33:12.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-06-28 02:24

The word for today is…

vivacious (adjective):

: lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/vivacious?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Vivacious may not be onomatopoeic in a strict sense, but there’s definitely something lively in the way its three syllables trip off the tongue. Perhaps this is why it has appealed to English speakers since the mid-1600s, when it was formed from the Latin adjective vivax meaning “long-lived, vigorous, or high-spirited.” Vivax comes from the verb vivere, meaning “to live.” Other English descendants of vivere include survive, revive, and victual—all of which came to life during the 15th century—and vivid and convivial, both of which surfaced around the same time as vivacious. Somewhat surprisingly, the word live is unrelated; it comes to us from the Old English word libban.

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