Definition of VIGOUR

vigour

Meanings

Plural: vigours

Noun

  • forceful exertion
  • active strength of body or mind
  • an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)
  • Active strength or force of body or mind; capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
  • Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
  • Strength; efficacy; potency.

Origin / 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.

Scrabble Score: 10

vigour is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
vigour is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
vigour is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 13

vigour is a valid Words With Friends word