vibrant
nounEtymology From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.
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Human sciences, Linguistics, Phonetics, Phonology, Sciences Any of a class of consonants including taps and trills.
vibrant
adj/ˈvaɪbɹənt/
Etymology From French vibrant, from Latin vibrans, present participle of vibrare (“to vibrate”). See vibrate.
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Pulsing with energy or activity.
- He has a vibrant personality.
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Lively and vigorous.
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Vibrating, resonant or resounding.
- Mock their pale vigils, void and vain, / Whether, more curious than humane, / Like Augurs old, they pore / On the still-vibrant fibre's frame;1770, Anthony Champion, “The Empire of Love. / A Philosophical Poem.”, in Miscellanies, in Verse and Prose, English and Latin, T. Bensley, for J. White, page 111:
- A vibrant voice in the true sense is of course desirable1905, David Thomas Ffrangcon-Davies, The Singing of the Future, J. Lane, page 258:
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Of a color Bright.