vividityn.
/vɪˈvɪdɪti/ΘΚΠ
the world > life > source or principle of life > vital principle > [noun]
souleOE
lifeOE
spiritusOE
bloodOE
ghostOE
life and soulOE
quickship?c1225
quicknessc1230
breatha1300
spirita1325
spark1382
naturec1385
sparkle1388
livelinessa1398
rational soula1398
spiracle1398
animal spirit?a1425
vital spiritc1450
soul of the world1525
candle1535
fire1576
three souls1587
vitality?1592
candlelight1596
substance1605
vivacity1611
animality1615
vividity1616
animals1628
life spring1649
archeus1651
vital1670
spirituosity1677
springs of life1681
microcosmetor1684
vital force1702
vital spark (also flame)1704
stamen1718
vis vitae1752
prana1785
Purusha1785
jiva1807
vital force1822
heartbeat1828
world-soul1828
world-spirit1828
life energy1838
life force1848
ghost soul1869
will to live1871
biogen1882
ki1893
mauri1897
élan vital1907
orgone1942
1616 T. Adams Dis. Soule 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.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > aspects of emotion > effect produced on emotions > [noun] > quality of making impression > vivid
vividness1768
vividity1772
the mind > mental capacity > perception or cognition > faculty of ideation > idea, notion, or concept > [noun] > bright > quality
vivacitya1704
vividness1768
vividity1772
the world > matter > light > intensity of light > [noun] > brilliance
alightingeOE
cleretea1340
blasenessa1398
clarityc1400
splendourc1450
resplendishure?1473
resplendour?1473
resplendence?a1475
resplendishing1479
flamingc1540
blazing1563
blaze1586
fulgence1592
fulgoura1600
resplendency1599
splendence1604
nitor1607
refulgence1624
refulgency?1624
fulgurea1634
fulgency1643
fulgidity1656
lucency1656
transplendency1664
vividness1668
brillant1676
shiningness1703
fulgurity1721
vivacity1735
brilliancy1747
brilliance1755
flame1800
éclata1806
vividity1813
prefulgence1892
the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > vividness or brightness
brightnessa1475
livelihood1566
floridness1661
vividness1668
liveliness1713
vivacity1735
splendour1774
flame1800
vividity1813
luridness1864
1772 W. Cullen Lect. Pathol. in J. Thomson Acct. Life W. Cullen (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.
1780 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. (1789) vi. §12. 45 Clearness of discernment,..vividity and rapidity of imagination.
1813 T. Busby in tr. Lucretius Nature of Things 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.
1880 Daily News 15 Apr. 6/1 Being of life size, the vividity of the flesh tints and the extraordinary modelling give to it a startling appearance of reality.
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