{
  "Viverra":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus (the type of the family Viverridae ) of civets comprising the common large civet ( V. zibetha ) of India and southeastern Asia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, ferret; akin to Old English \u0101c weorna squirrel, Old High German eihh urno , eihh orno , Old Norse \u012bk orni , Lithuanian vaiver\u0117\u0303, vover\u0117\u0303 squirrel, vaiver\u00ecs male polecat, male marten, Czech vaverka squirrel":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u0259\u0307\u02c8v-",
      "v\u012b\u02c8ver\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174108",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Viverricula":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a genus of civets including the common small civet ( V. indica synonym V. malaccensis ) of southeastern Asia":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, diminutive of Viverra":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccviv-",
      "\u02ccv\u012bv\u0259\u02c8riky\u0259l\u0259"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-125850",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "Viverridae":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a family of carnivorous mammals that are rarely larger than a domestic cat but are long, slender, and like a weasel in build with short more or less retractable claws and rounded feet, and include the civets, genets, linsangs, and in some classifications the mongooses":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Viverra , type genus + -idae":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-r\u0259\u02ccd\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-184759",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "Viviparus":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": a widely distributed genus (the type of the cosmopolitan family Viviparidae of the suborder Taenioglossa) of freshwater snails that have a turbinate operculate shell which is usually greenish and more or less banded with brown and that are born alive and with a well-developed shell":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin, from Latin, adjective, viviparous":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-p(\u0259)r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-111822",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "viva voce":{
    "antonyms":[
      "paper",
      "written"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": an examination conducted viva voce":[],
      ": by word of mouth : orally":[],
      ": expressed or conducted by means of speech : orally sense 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Adjective",
      "the students are required to write two papers and take a viva voce examination"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1563, in the meaning defined above":"Adverb",
      "1654, in the meaning defined above":"Adjective",
      "1842, in the meaning defined above":"Noun"
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Medieval Latin, with the living voice":"Adverb"
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccv\u012b-v\u0259-\u02c8v\u014d-(\u02cc)s\u0113",
      "\u02ccv\u012b-v\u0259-\u02c8v\u014d-s\u0113, \u02ccv\u0113-v\u0259-\u02c8v\u014d-\u02ccch\u0101",
      "or \u02ccv\u0113-v\u0259-\u02c8v\u014d-(\u02cc)ch\u0101"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[
      "nuncupative",
      "oral",
      "spoken",
      "unwritten",
      "verbal",
      "word-of-mouth"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-060349",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "adverb or adjective",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivacious":{
    "antonyms":[
      "dead",
      "inactive",
      "inanimate",
      "lackadaisical",
      "languid",
      "languishing",
      "languorous",
      "leaden",
      "lifeless",
      "limp",
      "listless",
      "spiritless",
      "vapid"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Historically, in nations where city economies are dying and where, as well, cities are drained in service to transactions of decline, one city remains vivacious longest: the capital city. \u2014 Jane Jacobs , Cities and the Wealth of Nations , (1984) 1985",
      "You see, for years I have built my figure on the premise that \"fat people are jolly.\" I have eaten my way through: pleasant, cheery, sunny, smiling, gay, spirited, chipper, vivacious , sparkling, happy, and sportive and was well on my way to becoming hysterical. \u2014 Erma Bombeck , The Best of Bombeck , (1965) 1967",
      "She could follow every word that the ramblers uttered. They were talking no secrets. They were merely indulging in the ordinary vivacious chat of relatives who have long been parted in person though not in soul. \u2014 Thomas Hardy , The Return of the Native , 1878",
      "an outgoing, vivacious girl who became a successful sales rep",
      "the poem is a vivacious expression of his love for her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Carnivores should take the opposite approach to steak, according to Simon Kim, owner of Cote, the vivacious Korean steak house with locations in Manhattan and Miami. \u2014 Adam Erace, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
      "The Crown\u2014one that has introduced a whole new generation of fans to the tales of Queen Elizabeth's vivacious younger sister. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 20 May 2022",
      "The third novel in her Fifth Avenue Rebels series follows vivacious Katherine Delafield, a young woman determined to soak up everything New York City has to offer, particularly its most scandalous options. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Few people were better at it than top SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, who, at 40, was blond, vivacious , and literally the poster girl for the marine park in Orlando, Florida, appearing on billboards around the city. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
      "Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious , scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Even when Nicholas arrives an hour late, already bored and a little drunk, Phyllis is too fine a hostess to let such gauche behavior depress her vivacious personality. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The house has honoured Joseph Krug\u2019s vision of creating a \u2018best champagne\u2019 every year since the mid 1800s, and this vivacious citrus-meets-nougat Cuv\u00e9e is no different. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Sitting with his mother on the front porch of their house, Efra\u00edn \u2014 on most days, a vivacious and funny child \u2014 was transported in his mind to a painful past of ridicule and casually cruel schoolyard taunts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin vivac-, vivax long-lived, vigorous, high-spirited, from vivere to live":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259s",
      "also v\u012b-",
      "v\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivacious lively , animated , vivacious , sprightly , gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy. a lively debate on the issues animated applies to what is spirited and active. an animated discussion of current events vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring. a vivacious party host sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit. a tuneful, sprightly musical gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s",
    "synonyms":[
      "active",
      "airy",
      "animate",
      "animated",
      "bouncing",
      "brisk",
      "energetic",
      "frisky",
      "gay",
      "jaunty",
      "jazzy",
      "kinetic",
      "lively",
      "mettlesome",
      "peppy",
      "perky",
      "pert",
      "pizzazzy",
      "pizazzy",
      "racy",
      "snappy",
      "spanking",
      "sparky",
      "spirited",
      "sprightly",
      "springy",
      "vital",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-084600",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivacity":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being vivacious":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Lewis\u2019s respect and admiration for the Italians and their extraordinary vivacity in the face of adversity shimmers on the page. \u2014 Edward Chisholm, WSJ , 20 May 2022",
      "For all its power and weight, the wine unfolds with vivacity into a very long, minerally finish. \u2014 Sara L. Schneider, Robb Report , 13 May 2022",
      "Where the Langham is intimate, The Newbury radiates vivacity . \u2014 Claire Messud, Travel + Leisure , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "Australian photographers Prue Stent and Honey Long depict vivid, playful images of women wrapped in billowing cotton-candy fabric, tapping into the magic and vivacity of life. \u2014 Jacqui Palumbo, CNN , 23 Mar. 2022",
      "Bring some vivacity to your nails by recreating this look created by nail artist Nataszija Moore. \u2014 Allure , 25 Feb. 2022",
      "After all, expensive brunette is all about bringing vivacity to your hair color, so make the most of it. \u2014 Sara Miranda, Allure , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Treatments and hospital stays punctuate her experience of playdates, vacations and dorm-room hangouts over the years, with Smith\u2019s vivacity and tenacity encouraging her friends, family and doctors \u2014 and the audience, in turn. \u2014 Kimber Myers, Los Angeles Times , 20 Jan. 2022",
      "Even Levinson\u2019s messages about love and goodness gain greater vivacity when applied to Rue\u2019s addiction. \u2014 Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter , 9 Jan. 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "15th century, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "also v\u012b-",
      "v\u0259-\u02c8va-s\u0259-t\u0113",
      "v\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-161358",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivary":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": vivarium":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin vivarium":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u012bv\u0259r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-105529",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivat":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": viva entry 1":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin, long live, 3d person singular present subjunctive of vivere to live":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u0113\u02ccv\u00e4t",
      "\u02c8v\u0113\u02ccvat",
      "\u02c8v\u012b\u02ccvat"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-190120",
    "type":[
      "interjection"
    ]
  },
  "vivax malaria":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": malaria caused by a plasmodium ( Plasmodium vivax ) that induces paroxysms at 48-hour intervals":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1958, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "New Latin vivax , specific epithet of Plasmodium vivax , from Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u012b-\u02ccvaks-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-055927",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vive":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": distinctly perceived":[],
      ": having active properties : forcible":[],
      ": lifelike":[],
      ": lively , brisk":[],
      ": vivid":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle French vif (feminine vive ), from Latin vivus alive":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8v\u0113v"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065103",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb,"
    ]
  },
  "vive la diff\u00e9rence":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": long live the difference (as between the sexes)":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u0113v-l\u00e4-d\u0113-f\u0101-r\u00e4\u207fs",
      "v\u0113-v\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-185847",
    "type":[
      "French phrase"
    ]
  },
  "vive la reine":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": long live the queen":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u0113v-l\u00e4-ren"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-180537",
    "type":[
      "French phrase"
    ]
  },
  "vive le roi":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": long live the king":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u0113v-l\u0259-rw\u00e4"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-174700",
    "type":[
      "French phrase"
    ]
  },
  "vivid":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": acting clearly and vigorously":[
        "a vivid imagination"
      ],
      ": having the appearance of vigorous life or freshness : lively":[
        "a vivid sketch"
      ],
      ": very strong : very high in chroma":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "He gave a vivid description of the scene.",
      "The book includes many vivid illustrations.",
      "The dream was very vivid .",
      "She could remember the dream in vivid detail .",
      "The fabric was dyed a vivid red.",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "The events in her testimony \u2014 explained in new and vivid detail for the first time publicly \u2014 are of potentially vital interest to both the committee and the Justice Department. \u2014 Nomaan Merchant, Eric Tucker, Anchorage Daily News , 28 June 2022",
      "In four months of conflict characterized by indiscriminate violence, the strike was just the latest vivid and bloody example of Russia\u2019s willingness to target civilians at a nonmilitary site, with people going about their daily lives. \u2014 New York Times , 27 June 2022",
      "My boyfriend, Dan, has a childhood memory that\u2019s as vivid and warm as the day it was formed. \u2014 Outside Online , 13 June 2022",
      "And as a result, this very very vivid and rather striking shade of fuschia has become the season\u2019s norm. \u2014 Madeline Fass, Vogue , 7 June 2022",
      "At one point, Ren\u00e9 has a vivid and unsettling dream visitation from his ex-wife, who had starred in his earlier film version of Irma Vep. \u2014 Stephanie Zacharek, Time , 6 June 2022",
      "This was Fellini\u2019s first color film, and vivid , sometimes lurid hues would mark his subsequent work. \u2014 Glenn Kenny, BostonGlobe.com , 1 June 2022",
      "Bryant\u2019s vivid and extensive account, written with access to Henderson and his wife, Pamela, shines a light on this unique and charismatic legend. \u2014 Becky Meloan, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "In the former, the poet evinces a sense of responsibility\u2014of closeness\u2014to other bodies that feels more real and vivid than all his fantasies about renegade youth. \u2014 The New Yorker , 30 May 2022"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1634, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin vividus , from vivere to live \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8vi-v\u0259d"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivid graphic , vivid , picturesque mean giving a clear visual impression in words. graphic stresses the evoking of a clear lifelike picture. a graphic account of combat vivid suggests an impressing on the mind of the vigorous aliveness of something. a vivid re-creation of an exciting event picturesque suggests the presentation of a striking or effective picture composed of features notable for their distinctness and charm. a picturesque account of his travels",
    "synonyms":[
      "delineated",
      "graphic",
      "graphical",
      "pictorial",
      "picturesque",
      "visual"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-061035",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivify":{
    "antonyms":[
      "damp",
      "dampen",
      "deaden",
      "dull",
      "kill"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": to endow with life or renewed life : animate":[
        "rains that vivify the barren hills"
      ],
      ": to impart vitality or vividness to":[
        "concentrating this union of quality and meaning in a way which vivifies both",
        "\u2014 John Dewey"
      ]
    },
    "examples":[
      "details that vivify the narrative",
      "this re-creation of a town in the Old West really vivifies the history that visitors learned in school",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Each of these observers was given a tic, motif, or symbolic compulsion to distinguish and vivify his or her narration. \u2014 Mark Greif, The Atlantic , 15 Mar. 2022",
      "So many ideas, so little capital in a relative sense to vivify those ideas. \u2014 John Tamny, Forbes , 9 May 2021",
      "Their bodies are emphatically their own, no rightful concern of his, and their joy is vivifying . \u2014 New York Times , 16 Feb. 2020",
      "This novel is a beautiful unfolding of characters and relationships that vivify nontraditional family, friendship, love, identity, boundaries, distance, responsibility and forgiveness. \u2014 Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian , 28 Nov. 2019",
      "Every year around this time, a delectable wave of Brazilian music sweeps across the Bay Area, bringing a lush, vivifying surge of beauty to the fading days of summer. \u2014 Andrew Gilbert, The Mercury News , 27 Aug. 2019",
      "To the first point, the Sanders-Red Hen situation has unearthed (or perhaps vivified ) a growing sentiment in our society. \u2014 Aaron Blake, Washington Post , 25 June 2018",
      "And at the Connecticut Historical Society in Hartford, distant memories of the Revolutionary War will be vivified through displays of weapons, uniforms and handwritten letters. \u2014 Ryan P. Smith, Smithsonian , 15 Sep. 2017",
      "Long a cherished performer, at once down-to-earth and enigmatic, Boul\u00e9 has been choreographing her own work for the past few years, pieces that struggle to vivify esoteric ideas, sometimes graced by low-key humor. \u2014 Michelle Boul\u00e9, The New Yorker , 22 May 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Middle English vivifien to nourish, from Anglo-French vivifier to give life to, from Late Latin vivificare , from Latin vivificus enlivening, from vivus alive \u2014 more at quick entry 1":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8vi-v\u0259-\u02ccf\u012b"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivify quicken , animate , enliven , vivify mean to make alive or lively. quicken stresses a sudden renewal of life or activity especially in something inert. the arrival of spring quickens the earth animate emphasizes the imparting of motion or vitality to what is or might be mechanical or artificial. happiness animated his conversation enliven suggests a stimulus that arouses from dullness or torpidity. enlivened her lectures with humorous anecdotes vivify implies a freshening or energizing through renewal of vitality. new blood needed to vivify the dying club",
    "synonyms":[
      "amp (up)",
      "animate",
      "brace",
      "energize",
      "enliven",
      "fillip",
      "fire",
      "ginger (up)",
      "invigorate",
      "jazz (up)",
      "juice up",
      "jump-start",
      "liven (up)",
      "pep (up)",
      "quicken",
      "spike",
      "stimulate",
      "vitalize",
      "zip (up)"
    ],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-183602",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "vivipary":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the development of vegetative shoots upon or among the reproductive organs of a plant (as in the proliferous flower clusters of some agaves or the growth of bulblets in the flower cluster of an onion)":[],
      ": viviparity":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "International Scientific Vocabulary vivipar ous + -y":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "-p\u0259r\u0113"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-101910",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "viviperfuse":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to perfuse (as an organ of the body) during life":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "vivi- + perfuse":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6viv\u0259+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-041923",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "transitive verb"
    ]
  },
  "vivisect":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": to perform vivisection on : subject to vivisection":[],
      ": to practice vivisection":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Its members seek to avenge the natural world, to kill scientists who vivisect animals or breed germs for warfare. \u2014 Katy Waldman, The New Yorker , 20 Sep. 2021",
      "Indeed, the characters use every conceivable swear word in English\u2014and a few in French\u2014to vivisect each other with almost Shakespearean invective (if Shakespeare had been drunk, Canadian, and a survivor of several concussive jet-ski accidents). \u2014 Cintra Wilson, The New York Review of Books , 24 July 2020",
      "Ben Thompson, the founder of Stratechery, a website that vivisects Silicon Valley companies, has incisively described Amazon\u2019s master plan. \u2014 Franklin Foer, The Atlantic , 10 Oct. 2019",
      "And quite possibly, no recent film better exemplifies these triumphs than Beyonc\u00e9's best documentary feature hopeful Homecoming, which vivisects the commitment required to be a modern-day pop legend. \u2014 Robyn Bahr, The Hollywood Reporter , 15 Nov. 2019",
      "Watchmen\u2018s cast is quite a bit more diverse than the comic book, which honored (and, to be clear, totally vivisected ) the white-dudes-plus-a-lady layout of most pre-millennial superteams. \u2014 Darren Franich, EW.com , 15 Oct. 2019",
      "When Maza lodged his complaints about Crowder \u2014 whose actual offense, it should be noted, was occasionally vivisecting Maza\u2019s purported acts of journalism \u2014 the powers that be at YouTube did their best impersonation of Pontius Pilate. \u2014 Kevin D. Williamson, National Review , 6 June 2019",
      "Michael Shannon is the ruthless government agent who would like to vivisect the creature. \u2014 Robin Givhan, chicagotribune.com , 4 Mar. 2018",
      "Yet every movement to which Murray ever belonged vivisected her in exactly those ways. \u2014 Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker , 7 Apr. 2017"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined at transitive sense":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "back-formation from vivisection":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8vi-v\u0259-\u02ccsekt"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-201736",
    "type":[
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "vivisectible":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": that can be vivisected":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "pronounciation":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-065125",
    "type":[
      "adjective"
    ]
  },
  "vivisection":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": minute or pitiless examination or criticism":[]
    },
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "In the register of his voice, the calm vivisection of British actions can mount by degrees into the more insistent tones of a man who has truth on his side. \u2014 Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic , 15 June 2022",
      "Other readers will hear in this vivisection of a dysfunctional family a Franzenesque attention to the great forces pulsing through American culture. \u2014 Ron Charles, Washington Post , 31 May 2022",
      "Only Charles\u2019s second wife, Camilla, whom Brown depicts as horse-y and unflappable, escapes royal vivisection . \u2014 Washington Post , 23 Apr. 2022",
      "The man\u2019s fate and the woman\u2019s are said to have been sealed by a secret ritual; vivisection is supposed to be the man\u2019s ultimate act of love toward her. \u2014 Emmanuel Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez Angulo, The New York Review of Books , 14 Jan. 2021",
      "His early novel The Sea and Poison (1957; English translation, 1995) treats the medical vivisection of American prisoners of war and its psychological effects on a doctor involved and was made into a successful Japanese film in the mid 1980s. \u2014 M. D. Aeschliman, National Review , 12 Sep. 2021",
      "Chiefs receiver Sammy Watkins beat Peters one-on-one to convert on third-and-9 as the Baltimore defensive front failed to put any pressure on Mahomes, who then finished his vivisection with a nifty shovel pass to Anthony Sherman for touchdown No. 2. \u2014 Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com , 29 Sep. 2020",
      "After spending years performing comedic vivisection on the American political system with Veep, creator Armando Iannucci is back on HBO with Avenue 5. \u2014 Kristen Baldwin, EW.com , 9 Jan. 2020",
      "Her father had been a madman who practiced vivisection on human beings; the cruel scientist\u2019s mistress \u2014 and Harriet\u2019s mother \u2014 was a partly black Creole, who had inherited a taste for blood from the bite of a vampire bat. \u2014 Michael Dirda, Washington Post , 29 Oct. 2019"
    ],
    "first_known_use":{
      "1707, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin vivus + English section":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccvi-v\u0259-\u02c8sek-sh\u0259n",
      "\u02c8vi-v\u0259-\u02ccsek-",
      "\u02ccviv-\u0259-\u02c8sek-sh\u0259n, \u02c8viv-\u0259-\u02cc"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220706-162525",
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "noun",
      "verb"
    ]
  },
  "vivisepulture":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": the act or practice of burying alive":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "vivi- + sepulture":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccviv\u0259+"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-020359",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivres":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": foodstuff , provisions":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "French":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "F v\u0113vr(\u1d4a) or v\u0113v(r\u0259)",
      "\u02c8v\u0113v\u0259(r)z"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-034413",
    "type":[
      "plural noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivum vadium":{
    "antonyms":[],
    "definitions":{
      ": living pledge":[]
    },
    "examples":[],
    "first_known_use":{},
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin":""
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u00a6v\u012bv\u0259m\u02c8v\u0101d\u0113\u0259m"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "synonyms":[],
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220707-010834",
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ]
  },
  "vivian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the mistress of Merlin in Arthurian legend":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8vi-v\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-044303"
  },
  "vivianite":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": a mineral Fe 3 (PO 4 ) 2 .8H 2 O consisting of a hydrous ferrous phosphate that has limited isomorphism with annabergite, erythrite, and koettigite, is colorless when unaltered or blue to green when unaltered but grows darker on exposure, and occurs in monoclinic crystals or fibrous, massive, and earthy (hardness 1.5\u20132; specific gravity, 2.58\u20132.68)":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8viv\u0113\u0259\u02ccn\u012bt"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "German vivianit , from J. G. Vivian , 19th century English mineralogist + German -it -ite":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-062759"
  },
  "Vivian":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the mistress of Merlin in Arthurian legend":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02c8vi-v\u0113-\u0259n"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1859, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-100305"
  },
  "viviparous":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": producing living young instead of eggs from within the body in the manner of nearly all mammals, many reptiles, and a few fishes":[],
      ": germinating while still attached to the parent plant":[
        "the viviparous seed of the mangrove"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u012b-\u02c8vip-(\u0259-)r\u0259s",
      "v\u0259-",
      "v\u012b-\u02c8vi-p(\u0259-)r\u0259s"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "There are even some viviparous moms that get creative with feeding their young during pregnancy. \u2014 Jake Buehler, National Geographic , 8 June 2020",
      "That may be why cold regions host a higher proportion of viviparous species than warmer locations. \u2014 Jake Buehler, National Geographic , 8 June 2020"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin viviparus , from vivus alive + -parus -parous":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "1646, in the meaning defined at sense 1":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-125259"
  },
  "viviparity":{
    "type":[
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": the quality or state of being viviparous":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccv\u012b-v\u0259-\u02c8per-\u0259-t\u0113",
      "\u02ccvi-",
      "\u02ccv\u012b-v\u0259-\u02c8par-\u0259t-\u0113",
      "-\u02c8pa-r\u0259-",
      "\u02ccviv-\u0259-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Live birth, also known as viviparity , is common throughout the animal world, and not just among mammals. \u2014 Jake Buehler, National Geographic , 8 June 2020",
      "Is there some primordial reason for this strict reproductive dichotomy between egg laying (oviparity) and live birth ( viviparity )"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{},
    "first_known_use":{
      "1864, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-183641"
  },
  "vivaciousness":{
    "type":[
      "adjective",
      "adverb",
      "noun"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly":[]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "v\u012b-",
      "v\u0259-\u02c8v\u0101-sh\u0259s",
      "also v\u012b-"
    ],
    "synonyms":[
      "active",
      "airy",
      "animate",
      "animated",
      "bouncing",
      "brisk",
      "energetic",
      "frisky",
      "gay",
      "jaunty",
      "jazzy",
      "kinetic",
      "lively",
      "mettlesome",
      "peppy",
      "perky",
      "pert",
      "pizzazzy",
      "pizazzy",
      "racy",
      "snappy",
      "spanking",
      "sparky",
      "spirited",
      "sprightly",
      "springy",
      "vital",
      "zippy"
    ],
    "antonyms":[
      "dead",
      "inactive",
      "inanimate",
      "lackadaisical",
      "languid",
      "languishing",
      "languorous",
      "leaden",
      "lifeless",
      "limp",
      "listless",
      "spiritless",
      "vapid"
    ],
    "synonym_discussion":"Choose the Right Synonym for vivacious lively , animated , vivacious , sprightly , gay mean keenly alive and spirited. lively suggests briskness, alertness, or energy. a lively debate on the issues animated applies to what is spirited and active. an animated discussion of current events vivacious suggests an activeness of gesture and wit, often playful or alluring. a vivacious party host sprightly suggests lightness and spirited vigor of manner or wit. a tuneful, sprightly musical gay stresses complete freedom from care and overflowing spirits. the gay spirit of Paris in the 1920s",
    "examples":[
      "Historically, in nations where city economies are dying and where, as well, cities are drained in service to transactions of decline, one city remains vivacious longest: the capital city. \u2014 Jane Jacobs , Cities and the Wealth of Nations , (1984) 1985",
      "You see, for years I have built my figure on the premise that \"fat people are jolly.\" I have eaten my way through: pleasant, cheery, sunny, smiling, gay, spirited, chipper, vivacious , sparkling, happy, and sportive and was well on my way to becoming hysterical. \u2014 Erma Bombeck , The Best of Bombeck , (1965) 1967",
      "She could follow every word that the ramblers uttered. They were talking no secrets. They were merely indulging in the ordinary vivacious chat of relatives who have long been parted in person though not in soul. \u2014 Thomas Hardy , The Return of the Native , 1878",
      "an outgoing, vivacious girl who became a successful sales rep",
      "the poem is a vivacious expression of his love for her",
      "Recent Examples on the Web",
      "Carnivores should take the opposite approach to steak, according to Simon Kim, owner of Cote, the vivacious Korean steak house with locations in Manhattan and Miami. \u2014 Adam Erace, Fortune , 28 May 2022",
      "The Crown\u2014one that has introduced a whole new generation of fans to the tales of Queen Elizabeth's vivacious younger sister. \u2014 Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country , 20 May 2022",
      "The third novel in her Fifth Avenue Rebels series follows vivacious Katherine Delafield, a young woman determined to soak up everything New York City has to offer, particularly its most scandalous options. \u2014 EW.com , 12 May 2022",
      "Few people were better at it than top SeaWorld trainer Dawn Brancheau, who, at 40, was blond, vivacious , and literally the poster girl for the marine park in Orlando, Florida, appearing on billboards around the city. \u2014 Tim Zimmermann, Outside Online , 30 July 2010",
      "Morton brings a refreshing comic spryness to Lear, playing him not as a doddering old man but as a vivacious , scampering jokester who expects to be treated as the life of the party. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 16 May 2022",
      "Even when Nicholas arrives an hour late, already bored and a little drunk, Phyllis is too fine a hostess to let such gauche behavior depress her vivacious personality. \u2014 Washington Post , 8 Feb. 2022",
      "The house has honoured Joseph Krug\u2019s vision of creating a \u2018best champagne\u2019 every year since the mid 1800s, and this vivacious citrus-meets-nougat Cuv\u00e9e is no different. \u2014 Lela London, Forbes , 26 Apr. 2022",
      "Sitting with his mother on the front porch of their house, Efra\u00edn \u2014 on most days, a vivacious and funny child \u2014 was transported in his mind to a painful past of ridicule and casually cruel schoolyard taunts. \u2014 Los Angeles Times , 24 Mar. 2022"
    ],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Latin vivac-, vivax long-lived, vigorous, high-spirited, from vivere to live":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{
      "circa 1645, in the meaning defined above":""
    },
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-204904"
  },
  "vivacissimo":{
    "type":[
      "adverb"
    ],
    "definitions":{
      ": in a very lively or vivacious manner":[
        "\u2014 used as a direction in music"
      ]
    },
    "pronounciation":[
      "\u02ccv\u0113v\u0259\u02c8ch\u0113s\u0259\u02ccm\u014d"
    ],
    "synonyms":[],
    "antonyms":[],
    "synonym_discussion":"",
    "examples":[],
    "history_and_etymology":{
      "Italian, from vivace vivacious + -issimo , superlative suffix (from Latin -issimus )":""
    },
    "first_known_use":{},
    "time_of_retrieval":"20220709-222340"
  }
}