VERVE
What does "VERVE" mean?
Vigour, spirit, and enthusiasm, especially in artistic or creative work.
Meanings
- Lively energy, spirit, and enthusiasm, often in artistic expression or performance. She played the sonata with dazzling verve.
Did you know?
- 'Verve' began as a word about words: it descends from Latin 'verba' ('words'), and its first French meaning was lively, fanciful talk before it came to mean spirited energy of any kind.
Word origin
From French 'verve' ('vigour, spirit, fanciful talk'), from Old French 'verve' ('caprice, whim'), traced to Latin 'verba' ('words') - the sense moving from lively talk to lively spirit.
Remember it
VERVE is half of 'NERVE' with a V - it's the bold, electric nerve an artist brings to the work.
A little poem
The bow hits the string-
not loud, but so wide awake
the whole room sits up.
haiku
What it teaches
Verve is competence with the lights on; skill draws the line, but spirit makes it leap.
Quick facts
What does VERVE mean?
Vigour, spirit, and enthusiasm, especially in artistic or creative work.
Is VERVE a valid word?
Yes — VERVE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VERVE?
VERVE has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does VERVE come from?
From French 'verve' ('vigour, spirit, fanciful talk'), from Old French 'verve' ('caprice, whim'), traced to Latin 'verba' ('words') - the sense moving from lively talk to lively spirit.
What can VERVE teach us?
Verve is competence with the lights on; skill draws the line, but spirit makes it leap.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.