exuberant
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See also: exubérant
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
exuberant (comparative more exuberant, superlative most exuberant)
- (of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
- Synonyms: buoyant, cheerful, high-spirited
- exuberant feeling
- 1882, Frank R. Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger?:
- He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
- 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:
- She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
- (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.
- Synonyms: profuse, superabundant
- exuberant foliage
- 1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western Magazine:
- It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
- 1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:
- The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.
- (medicine) Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue
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Translations[edit]
of people: very high-spirited
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abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant
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References[edit]
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Further reading[edit]
- “exuberant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “exuberant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
exūberant
Occitan[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (Béarn) (file)
Adjective[edit]
exuberant m (feminine singular exuberanta, masculine plural exuberants, feminine plural exuberantas)
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Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French exubérant, from Latin exuberans.
Adjective[edit]
exuberant m or n (feminine singular exuberantă, masculine plural exuberanți, feminine and neuter plural exuberante)
Declension[edit]
Declension of exuberant
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
| nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | exuberant | exuberantă | exuberanți | exuberante | ||
| definite | exuberantul | exuberanta | exuberanții | exuberantele | |||
| genitive/ dative |
indefinite | exuberant | exuberante | exuberanți | exuberante | ||
| definite | exuberantului | exuberantei | exuberanților | exuberantelor | |||
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