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Admin Post: Word of the Day .... vigilant VIJ-uh-luhnt adjective keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry. ever awake and alert; sleeplessly watchful. She would have to remain vigilant : yes, vigilant against herself, vigilant against her own mind and the tricks it played! -- Stavros Stavros , The Sentimentalist , 2010 But no one ever dreams of being sober and vigilant at the right time, so the organization, like many larger such, is a broken reed. -- Hugh Stowell Scott , The Sowers , 1896 Vigilant has been around in English since the 1400s. It comes from the Latin vigilāre meaning to be watchful.
Posted on: Mon, 24 Mar 2014 22:06:56 +0000

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