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vegetous

vegetous adjective: vigorous; lively; active; energetic.

Adjective

vegetous (comparative more vegetous, superlative most vegetous)

  1. (obsolete) vigorous; lively; active; energetic.
    • If she be fair, young, and vegetous, no sweetmeats ever drew more flies.1609, Ben Jonson, Epicœne, or The Silent Woman
    Synonyms:
    vegete

Synonyms of vegetous

Forms of vegetous

comparativemore vegetous
superlativemost vegetous

Origin of vegetous

Latin vegetus. See vegete.

Questions about vegetous

What does vegetous mean?
Vegetous means vigorous; lively; active; energetic.
What part of speech is vegetous?
Vegetous is an adjective.

Words near vegetous in the dictionary

  1. vegetoanimal
  2. vegetotherapeutic
  3. vegetotherapist
  4. vegetotherapists
  5. vegetotherapy
  6. vegetous
  7. VEGF
  8. vegged
  9. vegged out
  10. vegges
  11. vegges out

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