VIGOR
What does "VIGOR" mean?
Physical strength, energy, and active force of body or mind.
Meanings
- Active bodily or mental strength and energy. She tackled the garden with a vigor that left the rest of us napping.
- Healthy growth or capacity to thrive, as in plants or organisms. The hybrid seedlings showed remarkable vigor in poor soil. technical
- Forcefulness or intensity of action, expression, or effect. He argued the case with surprising vigor.
Did you know?
- Plant breeders exploit 'hybrid vigor' - crossing two inbred lines can yield offspring that grow faster and bigger than either parent, a phenomenon behind most modern hybrid corn.
Word origin
From Latin 'vigor' (liveliness, activity), from 'vigere' (to be lively, thrive), via Old French 'vigor' into Middle English.
Remember it
VIGOR shares its root with 'invigorate' - both pump in life, both keep the V and the G.
A little poem
The old dog, grey at the muzzle,
still hears the leash and forgets his age-
vigor is memory of being young.
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What it teaches
Vigor is not the absence of tiredness but the willingness to move while tired.
Quick facts
What does VIGOR mean?
Physical strength, energy, and active force of body or mind.
Is VIGOR a valid word?
Yes — VIGOR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is VIGOR?
VIGOR has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does VIGOR come from?
From Latin 'vigor' (liveliness, activity), from 'vigere' (to be lively, thrive), via Old French 'vigor' into Middle English.
What can VIGOR teach us?
Vigor is not the absence of tiredness but the willingness to move while tired.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.