actuoseadj.
/ˈaktʃʊəʊs/, U.S. /ˈæk(t)ʃəˌwoʊs/ Full of activity, abounding in action; active.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [adjective]
sprindeOE
livelyOE
kaskc1300
wightc1300
courageousc1386
wighty14..
wieldya1413
ablec1440
tall of hand1530
sappy1558
energical1565
energetical1585
greenya1586
stout1600
strenuous1602
forceful?1624
actuous1626
vigorous1638
vivid1638
high-spirited1653
hearty1665
actuose1677
living1699
full-blooded1707
executive1708
rugged1731
sousing1735
energic1740
bouncing1743
two-fisted1774
energetic1782
zestful1797
rollicking1801
through-ganging1814
throughgoing1814
slashing1828
high-powered1829
high pressure1834
rip-roaring1834
red-blooded1836
ripsnorting1846
zesty1853
dynamic1856
throbbing1864
goey1875
torpedoic1893
kinky1903
zippy1903
go-at-it1904
punchy1907
up-and-at-'em1909
driving1916
vibranta1929
kinetic1931
zinging1931
high-octane1936
zingy1938
slam-bang1939
balls-to-the-wall1967
balls-out1968
ass-kicking1977
hi-octane1977
1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III 22 Ἐνεργεῖν, as applied to God, notes his actuose, efficacious, and predeterminate concurse in and with althings.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Actuose, that which hath strong powers of action.
1867 J. H. Stirling tr. A. Schwegler Handbk. Hist. Philos. xliii. 289 Nature, matter, is the actuose unity of attraction and repulsion.
2001 A. Ferrarin Hegel & Aristotle iv. xi. 406 In the Ethics, Spinoza writes that God's potency is but its actuose essence (‘Dei potentiam nihil esse, praeterquam Dei actuosam essentiam,’..).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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