Vivacious

Vi*va"cious (?; 277), a. [L. vĂ­vax, -acis, fr. vivere to live. See Vivid.] 1. Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obs.]

Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder. . . . But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign.
Fuller.

The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be.
I. Taylor.

2. Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet. "Vivacious nonsense." V. Knox.

3. (Bot.) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [R.]

Syn. -- Sprightly; active; animated; sportive; gay; merry; jocund; light-hearted.

-- Vi*va"cious*ly, adv. -- Vi*va"cious*ness, n.