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Word entry · 3 letters

vim

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"Energy"

3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /vɪm/Part of speech nounSorted imvStarts with VEnds with M2 cluesCommon crossword word
1V2I3M

Definitions

  1. an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

Word origin

Possibly from Latin vim, accusative singular of vīs (“force, power, strength; (New Latin) energy, force”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁- (“to chase, pursue”); compare English vis); but perhaps a modern expressive formation.

Used in a sentence

  • The Yankees fought with pluck to the last, but the vigor and vim of the attack was too much for them. They were Michigan men, and were quite indignant at being called "Yankees."
  • But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor and vim that he remembered from the days when he was young …

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Energy3 letters
02Vigour3 letters

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