vigoristn.
/ˈvɪɡərɪst/ rare.
One who acts with vigour or energy, or who advocates vigorous action.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] > vigorous or energetic person
pealerc1400
terrier1532
swinger1583
whipster1590
fireman1648
my (also me) hearty1735
whitherer1790
spunkie1806
vigorist1807
spunk1808
goer1811
smiter1823
hard hitter1831
blue hen's chicken (also chick)1859
stem-winder1875
vital force1886
live wire1896
towser1901
powerhouse1908
jazzer1912
1807 S. Smith P. Plymley's Lett. viii An addition of polemics..which must highly gratify the vigorists, and give them an ample opportunity of displaying that foolish energy upon which their claims to distinction are founded.
1901 Daily News 2 Mar. 6/1 A repulsive study of the younger vigorist who replaces the old Abbé.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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n.1807- to be fast for
- to be feathered
- to be fellow-well-met
- to be fellowwellmet
- to be few in number
- to be filthy on
- to be finger and thumb
- to be firing blanks
- to be firing on all cylinders
- to be firing on all four cylinders
- to be firing on all four etc cylinders
- to be first off the mark
- to be fitted
- to be flanked by or with
- to be flat out for
- to be flesh and blood
- to be floored
- to be flown down
- to be flung upon the town
- to be food for dogs
- to be food for etc
- to be food for fishes
- to be food for worms
- to be food to dogs
- to be food to etc