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Added 8 October 2026

vigour

/ˈvɪɡə/ noun

In Latin: vigor Wiktionary

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Active strength or force of body or mind; a capacity for exertion, physically, intellectually, or morally; energy.
Strength or force in animal or vegetable nature or action.
A plant grows with vigour.
Strength; efficacy; potency.

Origin

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.

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