vivid

== English == === Etymology === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪvɪd/ Rhymes: -ɪvɪd === Adjective === vivid (comparative more vivid or vivider, superlative most vivid or vividest) (of perception) Clear, detailed, or powerful. (of an image or color) Bright, intense, or colourful. Full of life; strikingly alive. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === vivid (plural vivids) (New Zealand) A felt-tipped permanent marker; a marker pen. ==== Further reading ==== “vivid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “vivid”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. == Spanish == === Verb === vivid second-person plural imperative of vivir