Main Entry: ¹living

Function: adjective

Date: before 12th century

1 a : having life b : active, functioning <living languages>
2 a : exhibiting the life or motion of nature : natural <the wilderness is a living museum…of natural history — NEA Journal> b : ²live 2a
3 a : full of life or vigor b : true to life : vivid <televised in living color> c : suited for living <the living area>
4 : involving living persons
5 : very —used as an intensive <scared the living daylights out of me>

— liv·ing·ness noun