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lively

English

Pronunciation

  • (General American, Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?la?vli/

Etymology 1

From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl?? (living, lively, long-lived, necessary to life, vital), equivalent to life +? -ly. Cognate with Scots lively, lifely (of or pertaining to life, vital, living, life-like). Doublet of lifely.

Alternative forms

  • lifely (obsolete)

Adjective

lively (comparative livelier, superlative liveliest)

  1. Full of life; energetic.
  2. Bright, glowing, vivid; strong, vigorous.
    • 1704, Isaac Newton, Opticks: Or, A Treatise of the Reflections, Refractions, Inflections and Colours of Light
      The colours of the prism are manifestly more full, intense, and lively that those of natural bodies.
    • 1688, Robert South, Sacramental Preparation: Set forth in a Sermon on Matthew 5, 12.
      His faith must be not only living, but lively too.
  3. (archaic) Endowed with or manifesting life; living.
    • c. 1600, Philemon Holland
      chaplets of gold and silver resembling lively flowers and leaves
  4. (archaic) Representing life; lifelike.
    • 1632, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field, The Fatal Dowry
      I spied the lively picture of my father.
  5. (archaic) Airy; animated; spirited.
  6. (of beer) Fizzy; foamy; tending to produce a large head in the glass.
Usage notes
  • Nouns to which "lively" is often applied: person, character, lady, woman, man, audience, personality, art, guide, activity, game, lesson, introduction, discussion, debate, writing, image, town, city, village, etc.
Synonyms
  • (full of life): frisky, peppy, zestful; see also Thesaurus:active
  • (vivid, strong, vigorous): intense
  • (endowed with or manifesting life): extant, live, vital; see also Thesaurus:alive
  • (representing life): lifey, limned, naturalistic,
  • (fizzy, foamy): frothy, spumescent
Derived terms
  • liveliness
  • look lively
Translations

Noun

lively (plural livelies)

  1. (nautical, informal) Term of address.
    • 1846, Herman Melville, Typee
      Speak the word, my livelies, and I'll pilot her in.

Etymology 2

From Middle English lyvely, lifly, from Old English l?fl??e, equivalent to life +? -ly.

Adverb

lively (comparative more lively, superlative most lively)

  1. Vigorously.
  2. Vibrantly, vividly.
  3. (obsolete) In a lifelike manner.
    • , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, p.220-1:
      the Painter Protogenes [] having perfected the image of a wearie and panting dog, [] but being unable, as he desired, lively to represent the drivel or slaver of his mouth, vexed against his owne worke, took his spunge, and moist as it was with divers colours, threw it at the picture  [].
Translations

Anagrams

  • evilly, vilely

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electric

English

Alternative forms

  • electrick (chiefly archaic)

Etymology

1640s (Thomas Browne), from New Latin ?lectricus (electrical; of amber), from ?lectrum (amber) +? -icus (adjectival suffix), from Ancient Greek ???????? (?lektron, amber), related to ??????? (?lékt?r, shining sun). The Latin term was apparently used first with the sense “electrical” in 1600 by the English physician and scientist William Gilbert in his work De Magnete.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??l?kt??k/, /??l?kt??k/

Adjective

electric (not comparable)

  1. Of, relating to, produced by, operated with, or utilising electricity; electrical.
  2. Of or relating to an electronic version of a musical instrument that has an acoustic equivalent.
  3. Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.

Synonyms

  • electrical

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

electric (plural electrics)

  1. (informal, usually with definite article) Electricity; the electricity supply.
    We had to sit in the dark because the electric was cut off.
  2. (rare, countable) An electric car.
  3. An electric toothbrush.
    • 2007, Working Mother (volume 31, number 1, page 71)
      The beautiful VIOlight bathroom unit takes up very little space (it's about the size of a cup), yet it holds up to 4 toothbrushes - even electrics!
  4. An electric typewriter.
    • 1983, Stephen King, Word Processor of the Gods
      Richard's old Olivetti electric had been put aside for the time being on top of one of the filing cabinets. “It serves the purpose,” Richard said. He nodded at the word processor.
  5. (archaic) A substance or object which can be electrified; an insulator or non-conductor, like amber or glass.
  6. (fencing) Fencing with the use of a body wire, box, and related equipment to detect when a weapon has touched an opponent.
    Antonym: steam

Translations

References

  • Webster, Noah (1828) , “electric”, in An American Dictionary of the English Language
  • electric in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • Dictionary.com definitions of electric
  • de V. Heathcote, Niels H. (December 1967) , “The early meaning of electricity: Some Pseudodoxia Epidemica - I”, in Annals of Science, volume 23, issue 4, DOI:10.1080/00033796700203316, ISSN 0003-3790, WD Q54266797, pages 261–275

Occitan

Pronunciation

Adjective

electric m (feminine singular electrica, masculine plural electrics, feminine plural electricas)

  1. electric

Related terms

  • electricitat

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French électrique.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /e?lek.trik/

Adjective

electric m or n (feminine singular electric?, masculine plural electrici, feminine and neuter plural electrice)

  1. electric

Declension

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