vitality

English

Etymology

From Middle French vitalité, from Latin vitalitas (“vital force, life”), from vitalis (“vital”); see vital.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): /vaɪˈtælɪti/, [vaɪˈtælɪɾi]

Noun

vitality (countable and uncountable, plural vitalities)

  1. The capacity to live and develop.
  2. Energy or vigour.
  3. That which distinguishes living from nonliving things; life, animateness.

Translations

Further reading

  • vitality in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • vitality in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
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