English
Etymology
Possibly from the Latin vim accusative of vis "power, energy"; perhaps a modern imitative of the Latin.
Pronunciation
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Noun
en-noun
- Ready vitality and vigor.
#: 1999: But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor and vim that he remembered from the days when he was young.... — Neil Gaiman, Stardust, pg. 58 (2001 Perennial paperback edition)
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