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 2a3 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 persons5: very —used as an intensive <scared the living daylights out of me>

— liv·ing·ness noun