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vividity|vɪˈvɪdɪtɪ|
[f. prec. + -ity.]
†1. Living force, vitality. Obs.—1
1616T. Adams Soul's Sickness 28 Corrupt affections, which like vicious humours gnaw and suck the conscience dry of all viuiditie.
2. The quality or state of being vivid; vividness.
1772W. Cullen Lect. Pathol. in J. Thomson Life (1832) I. 378 A degree of Vividity, of Alacrity, and Levity, or a disposition to change..can only be considered as states of morbid Irritability..in the Brain. 1780Bentham Princ. Legisl. vi. §12 (1789) 45 Clearness of discernment,..vividity and rapidity of imagination. 1813T. Busby Lucretius II. v. Comm. p. xl, A vast mass of illumined matter, in the general glow and vividity of which the opaque spots are almost lost. 1880Daily News 15 April 6/1 Being of life size, the vividity of the flesh tints and the extraordinary modelling give to it a startling appearance of reality. |