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See also:vímandVIM

English

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WOTD – 13 January 2020

Etymology

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Possibly fromLatinvim,accusative singular ofvīs(“force, power, strength; (New Latin) energy, force”) (ultimately fromProto-Indo-European*weyh₁-(“to chase, pursue”); compareEnglishvis); but perhaps a modern expressive formation.^[1]

Pronunciation

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(Received Pronunciation, General American)IPA^(key): /vɪm/
Audio(General American): (file)
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Rhymes:-ɪm

Noun

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vim (uncountable)

Readyvitality andvigour.[from mid 19th c.]
Synonyms:energy,go,pep,pizzazz,verve,zest
- 1843 August, “The Woodsman[Concluded.]”, inThe Yale Literary Magazine: […], volume VIII, number 9, New Haven, Conn.: Published by the editors; printed by Hitchcock and Stafford,→OCLC,page406:
  But he was, doubtless, totally unconscious that he was to be the chief personage in this most important story, or he would have acted out his real nature with all thevim and pathos which heroes always manifest in like circumstances.
- 1864, “Personne”[pseudonym; Felix Gregory DeFontaine], “A Spirited Dash into the Enemy’s Lines”, inMarginalia; or, Gleanings from an Army Note-book, Columbia, S.C.: Steam power-press of F. G. DeFontaine & Co.,→OCLC,page42:
  The Yankees fought with pluck to the last, but the vigor andvim of the attack was too much for them. They were Michigan men, and were quite indignant at being called "Yankees."
- 1865 January 4, James Brown, quoting Thomas Davidson, “The Probationer”, inThe Life of a Scottish Probationer. Being a Memoir of Thomas Davidson, with His Poems and Extracts from His Letters, Glasgow:James MacLehose, published1877,→OCLC; 2nd revised and enlarged edition, Glasgow: James MacLehose, […],1878,→OCLC,page108:
  Larry is not good at a slow tune, orchune as he calls it, but he comes out strong in "jigs, strathspeys, and reels," and he "whacked off" "Tullochgorum," "Killiecrankie," and the "Braes o' Tullymet and Mar," not to mention "Garryowen" and the "Pradhestan Bhoys," and "Saint Pathrick's Day" and "Boyne Water," with inconceivablevim and vigour.
- 1875 April 21, C. B. Nottingham, “Art. II.—Bloodletting. […]”, in E. S. Gaillard, editor,The Richmond and Louisville Medical Journal, volume XXI, number 4, Louisville, Ky.: E. S. Gaillard; Medical Journal Book and Job Steam Printing House, […], published April 1876,→OCLC,page335:
  Ignoring then, as I do, the idea that has found a lodgment in the minds and taken possession of the judgment of large numbers of the Profession that man has physically degenerated; that his physical powers of resistance and endurance, his energy, vigor, andvim have declined; [...]
- 1913, Elizabeth[Kimball] Kendall, “The Chien-Ch’ang”, inA Wayfarer in China: Impressions of a Trip across West China and Mongolia, Boston, Mass.; New York, N.Y.:Houghton Mifflin Company […],→OCLC,page82:
  Even this remote corner of China shows the influence of the new movement, and Western ideas are making their way. Something had been done to improve the city schools, and I can testify to the desire of the military force stationed at Ning-yüan to form itself on European models, for the morning's sleep was broken by the vigorous bugle practice of the band, and at every turn one met soldiers, marching along with a good deal ofvim.
- 1999,Neil Gaiman,Stardust, New York, N.Y.: Spike,→ISBN; 1st Perennial edition, New York, N.Y.: Perennial,2001,→ISBN, page58:
  But the youth of today were a pasty lot, with none of the get-up-and-go, none of the vigor andvim that he remembered from the days when he was young …