Vivacious
Vivacious (?; 277) , adjective
[Latin vívax, -acis, from vivere to live. See Vivid.]
1.
Having vigorous powers of life; tenacious of life; long-lived. [Obsolete]
Hitherto the English bishops have been vivacious almost to wonder.... But five died for the first twenty years of her [Queen Elizabeth's] reign.
The faith of Christianity is far more vivacious than any mere ravishment of the imagination can ever be.
2.
Sprightly in temper or conduct; lively; merry; as, a vivacious poet.
Vivacious nonsense.
3.
(Botany) Living through the winter, or from year to year; perennial. [Rare]