Other forms: exults, exulted, exulting
To exult is to rejoice openly and triumphantly. Exult in victory, exulting crowds, exult over the result.
It takes in or over, and it always involves having beaten somebody, which is what separates it from simply rejoicing. The Latin means to leap up, which is what the word still describes.
1verbexultTo rejoice openly and triumphantly.
“The fans exulted as their team scored in the final minute.”
exult is a rejoicing.
Latin exsultare means to leap up, from ex plus salire, to leap.
Proto-Indo-European
*sel-
Latin
exsultō
Middle French
exulter
English, today
exult
Built from
From Middle French exulter, from Latin exsultō, frequentative of exsiliō (“jump up”), from ex- + saliō (“jump, leap”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA