verve
noun/vɜːv/
/vɜːrv/
[uncountable, singular]- energy, excitement or enthusiasm synonym gusto
- It was a performance of verve and vitality.
Word Originlate 17th cent. (denoting special talent in writing): from French, ‘vigour’, earlier ‘form of expression’, from Latin verba ‘words’.Definitions on the go
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