brio

/ˈbrioʊ/

Other forms: brios

If someone's got brio, they're full of spirited enthusiasm. You know that counselor who gets the whole camp incredibly excited about playing Capture the Flag? She's got brio!

Energy, vivacity, and style are all important elements of brio. If you do something with brio, you bring all of your zest and vigor to it. If you sing a karaoke song with brio, you might get the whole room singing along and applauding. And your uncle might be known for telling scary campfire stories with brio, using spooky voices and elaborate hand gestures. In Italian, brio means "mettle, fire, or life," from a Celtic word meaning "strength."

Definitions of brio

1. noun

   the quality of being active or spirited or alive and vigorous
   synonyms: animation, invigoration, spiritedness, vivification

   types:

   chirpiness

   cheerful and lively

   life, liveliness, spirit, sprightliness

   animation and energy in action or expression

   pertness

   quality of being lively and confident

   airiness, delicacy

   lightness in movement or manner

   alacrity, briskness, smartness

   liveliness and eagerness

   energy, muscularity, vigor, vigour, vim

   an imaginative lively style (especially style of writing)

   elan

   enthusiastic and assured vigor and liveliness

   esprit

   liveliness of mind or spirit

   breeziness, jauntiness

   a breezy liveliness

   buoyancy, effervescence, irrepressibility

   irrepressible liveliness and good spirit

   high-spiritedness

   exuberant liveliness

   ebullience, enthusiasm, exuberance

   eager enjoyment or approval

   ginger, pep, peppiness

   liveliness and energy

   type of:

   activeness, activity

   the trait of being active; moving or acting rapidly and energetically