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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
vigoroso
 
SYLLABICATION:vig·o·ro·so
PRONUNCIATION:  vg-rs, -z, vg-
ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: Music With emphasis and spirit. Used chiefly as a direction.
ETYMOLOGY:Italian, from Medieval Latin vigrsus, from Latin vigor, vigor. See vigor.
 
 
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