vigour

Everyday

1. Vigour is great strength, energy and enthusiasm in the body or the mind. tree →
2. Vigour can describe healthy, strong growth of plants. tree →

In the lessons

In PE and health, exercise gives you vigour. In stories, a character works «with vigour», meaning hard and with energy, as Badger does when he starts to fight. In gardening, a plant grows with vigour when it is healthy.

Examples

• He scrubbed the floor with great vigour. tree →
• The old man still had the vigour of a young one. tree →
• The team played with new vigour after half-time. tree →
• The roses grew with vigour after the rain. tree →
• She argued with vigour for her idea. tree →
• The Rat rowed with vigour. tree →
• Heracles now regained his former vigour. tree →

Note

Uncountable. Spelling: vigour (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland), vigor (US). Adjective: vigorous (no u in either spelling). Adverb: vigorously.

In Jewish tradition

It means strength and energy in life. Proverbs warns that a man could waste it on wrongdoing.

Interpretation. It is read as a warning not to give your best years and strength to wrong things.

Examples

• Lest thou give thy vigour unto others, and thy years unto the cruel; (Writings PRO.5.9, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Uncountable. Spelling: vigour (UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland), vigor (US). Adjective: vigorous (no u in either spelling). Adverb: vigorously.