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Maverick88 Posted 21 years ago
Grammar

Energetic

What's the noun of 'Energetic' when we want to say it about a person? I was thinking about 'Energeticness'...lol

I need some synonims like 'vigorousness'. I also found 'sappiness' but it's a new word to me; how does it sound?
  

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You can use 'energy' [Definition of ENERGY in OED] 3. Vigour or intensity of action, utterance, etc. Hence as a personal quality: The capacity and habit of strenuous exertion.

— Paco2004

  • You can use 'energy' [Definition of ENERGY in OED] 3.
  • Vigour or intensity of action, utterance, etc.
  • Hence as a personal quality: The capacity and habit of strenuous exertion.
  • 1809–10 Coleridge Friend (1865) 37 To lose the general and lasting consequences of rare and virtuous energy.
  • 1839 Thirlwall Greece V.
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You can use 'energy'

[Definition of ENERGY in OED]

3. Vigour or intensity of action, utterance, etc. Hence as a personal quality: The capacity and habit of strenuous exertion.

1809–10 Coleridge Friend (1865) 37 To lose the general and lasting consequences of rare and virtuous energy. 1839 Thirlwall Greece V. 110 The prudence and energy displayed at this critical jun
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Instead of adding to "energetic" to produce monsters such as "energeticness" or "energeticity", why not remove a little to produce the ordinary noun "energy"?

My teacher is very energetic; he is full of [energy / *energeticness / *energeticity].

"sappiness", used in the meaning the state of being full of sap or in the meaning of vitality or vigor, is not heard at all in the va
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I've consulted a thesaurus but I wanted to get some 'human help'Emotion: smile
So thank you, SJ and Paco.
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