vigour

== English == === Alternative forms === vigor (US), vygour (obsolete), vigger (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English vigour, from Old French vigour, from vigor, from Latin vigor, from vigeō (“thrive, flourish”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵ- (“to be lively”). Related to vigil, vegetable, vajra, and waker. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɪɡə/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈvɪɡɚ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡə(ɹ) Hyphenation: vi‧gor === Noun === vigour (countable and uncountable, plural vigours) Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy. Synonyms: vim, ginger, punch, edge (biology) Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action. A plant grows with vigour. Strength; efficacy; potency. ==== Usage notes ==== Vigour and its derivatives commonly imply active strength, or the power of action and exertion, in distinction from passive strength, or strength to endure. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Old French == === Noun === vigour oblique singular, m (oblique plural vigours, nominative singular vigours, nominative plural vigour) alternative form of vigur