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Synonyms for verve

Grammar : Noun
Spell : vurv
Phonetic Transcription : vÉœrv

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Définition of verve

Origin :
  • 1690s, "special talent in writing," from French verve "enthusiasm" (especially pertaining to the arts), in Old French "caprice, odd humor, proverb" (12c.), probably from Gallo-Romance *verva, from Latin verba "(whimsical) words," plural of verbum "word" (see verb). Meaning "mental vigor" is first recorded 1803.
  • noun energy, enthusiasm
Example sentences :
  • The vigour and verve of these marching musicians is very surprising.
  • Extract from : « Ireland as It Is » by Robert John Buckley (AKA R.J.B.)
  • His execution (p. 063) had a verve whose charm was irresistible.
  • Extract from : « War Letters of a Public-School Boy » by Paul Jones.
  • He felt anew what he had felt and seen, and he could not give any verve to the peroration of his sermon.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • She is just about your size and dances with the verve of youth, which I admire extremely.
  • Extract from : « Floyd Grandon's Honor » by Amanda Minnie Douglas
  • There was a verve, a magnetic quality to her, that he hardly remembered before.
  • Extract from : « Jewel Weed » by Alice Ames Winter
  • But they lack the life, the verve of the old dances, the old tunes.
  • Extract from : « Dishes & Beverages of the Old South » by Martha McCulloch Williams
  • The toast was drunk with indescribable enthusiasm and verve.
  • Extract from : « The Socialist » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
  • Her brightness, and verve, and savoir faire will be a perfect revelation.
  • Extract from : « The Gateless Barrier » by Lucas Malet
  • There is a verve, a gayety about them that other songs lack.
  • Extract from : « Airy Fairy Lilian » by Margaret Wolfe Hamilton (AKA Duchess)
  • But his French has a verve that no literal translation will give.
  • Extract from : « Golden Lads » by Arthur Gleason and Helen Hayes Gleason

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