Recent Examples on the WebChenier sang and played with soulful verve and impressive instrumental fluidity throughout, while Landreth’s ebullient slide-guitar solos approached a level of musical ecstasy.—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024 The show, produced with A24, faithfully traces the plot of Viet Thanh Nguyen’s 2015 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, centering the voice of the narrator, known simply as The Captain, played with cheeky verve by Australian actor Hoa Xuande, who is of Vietnamese descent.—Laura Zornosa, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for verve
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Word History
Etymology
French, from Middle French, caprice, from Old French, word, gossip, from Vulgar Latin *verva, from Latin verba, plural of verbum word — more at word
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