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exuberant

UK/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/US/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/
adjectiveC1Rare in speech; mostly a word you read · #12,472 of 15,258leans written

Exuberant means full of lively high spirits, or growing lushly. Exuberant celebration, exuberant growth, exuberant and loud.

Of plants it is plain description and means growing far beyond what was expected. The Latin behind it means overflowing with abundance, which fits both the party and the hedge.

Definitions of exuberant

  1. 1adjectiveexuberantFull of lively high spirits, or growing lushly.C1

    “The exuberant fans sang and danced in the streets after the final whistle.”

exuberant is a quality.

Where it comes from

Latin exuberans means overflowing, from ex plus uber, fruitful or abundant.

  1. Latin

    exūberāns

  2. Middle French

    exubérant

  3. English, today

    exuberant

Built from

  • exūberō · Latin — be abundant
  • e · Latin — out
  • uber · Latin — udder

From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from e (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practise this word

exuberant in the wild

  • The second, Dance, is exuberant and very virtuosic.

    Baladă și joc

  • Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times gave Jumping the Broom a positive review, however, and called it: "An exuberant comedy.

    Our Stories Films

  • There is exuberant vegetation that protects and harbors several animals, plants and trees that are in danger of extinction.

    Carrasco National Park

  • A highly exuberant and cultural festival, this dance form usually comprises a troupe of 6 performers aping the movements of the majestic, predatory tigers.

    Puliyattam

  • According to the museum, the piece "offers a exuberant collage of forms which bursts out into space".

    Decanter (sculpture)

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the exūberō family

exuberanceexuberant

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