Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

vivid

vivid (viv"id) , adjective

[Latin vividus, from vivere to life; akin to vivus living. See Quick, a., and compare Revive, Viand, Victuals, Vital.]

1.
True to the life; exhibiting the appearance of life or freshness; animated; spirited; bright; strong; intense; as, vivid colors.
In dazzling streaks the vivid lightnings play. — Cowper
Arts which present, with all the vivid charms of painting, the human face and human form divine. — Bp. Hobart
2.
Forming brilliant images, or painting in lively colors; lively; sprightly; as, a vivid imagination.
Body is a fit workhouse for sprightly, vivid faculties to exercise... themselves in. — South