vivid

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Producing clear, strong, lifelike images in the mind.

   She gave a vivid description of her trip.

2. 2
   adj

   Bright, strong, and full of colour.

   The garden was full of vivid red flowers.

3. 3
   adj

   Clear and detailed, as if recently experienced.

   I have a vivid memory of my first day at school.

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷih₃wós Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti Proto-Italic *gʷīwō Latin vīvō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin vīviduslbor. English vivid Learned borrowing from Latin vividus (“animated, spirited”), from vivere (“to live”), akin to vita (“life”), Ancient Greek βίος (bíos, “life”). The noun sense (a type of marker pen) was genericized from Bic's Vivid Marker brand.

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