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Verve (noun) means Great energy and enthusiasm, especially the kind that brings a piece of art, music or writing to life.
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Great energy and enthusiasm, especially the kind that brings a piece of art, music or writing to life.
"After spending so much of the season looking upwards, the swashbuckling style and swagger of early season Spurs was replaced by uncertainty and frustration against a Norwich side who had the quality and verve to take advantage."
— Mandeep Sanghera, Tottenham 1 – 2 Norwich (2012)
2
A special talent for writing well.
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Etymology
Borrowed from French verve ("animation; caprice, whim; rapture; spirit; vigour; type of expression"), probably from Late Latin verva, a variant of Latin verba ("words; discourse; expressions; language"), the plural of verbum ("word"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *werh₁- ("to say, speak"). It is a doublet of verb and word.
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What is the meaning of verve?
"verve" (noun) means great energy and enthusiasm, especially the kind that brings a piece of art, music or writing to life.
What is another word for verve?
Other words for "verve" include liveliness, vitality, moxie, exuberance, exuberantness, enthusiasm.
What are the different meanings of verve?
"verve" has 2 main meanings: 1. Great energy and enthusiasm, especially the kind that brings a piece of art, music or writing to life; 2. A special talent for writing well.
