exuberant en · ADJ
Pronunciation
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:exuberant feeling
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.
1882, Frank R. Stockton, The Lady or the Tiger?:
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(literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.
exuberant foliage
It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.
1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western Magazine:The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.
1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22
- Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most exuberant | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more exuberant | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
overexuberant · unexuberant · exuberantness · exuberantly
Relateds
Synonyms
high-spirited · superabundant · profuse · buoyant · cheerful
Translations (52)
fr exubérant (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · no energisk (of people: very high-spirited) · nl uitbundig (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · io abundanta (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · oc exuberant (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ru изоби́льный (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · es exuberante (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · cmn 盎然 (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · hu túláradó (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · bg изобилен (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ca exuberant (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · de enthusiastisch (of people: very high-spirited) · nl overvloedig (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · pt exuberante (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · de lebendig (of people: very high-spirited) · th ร่าเริง (of people: very high-spirited) · hy փարթամ (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · gl exuberante (of people: very high-spirited) · ru энерги́чный (of people: very high-spirited) · ru бью́щий ключо́м (of people: very high-spirited) · de üppig (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ru пы́шно расту́щий (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · pt exuberante (of people: very high-spirited) · th เบิกบาน (of people: very high-spirited) · cmn 高昂 (of people: very high-spirited) · mi tūkōripi (of people: very high-spirited) · de überschwänglich (of people: very high-spirited) · ru бью́щий че́рез край (of people: very high-spirited) · ota كور (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · nl uitbundig (of people: very high-spirited) · oc exuberant (of people: very high-spirited) · de exuberant (of people: very high-spirited) · fi rehevä (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ru пы́шный (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · fi elämäniloinen (of people: very high-spirited) · pl bujny (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · nl exuberant (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · pl wybujały (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · cmn 興高采烈的 /兴高采烈的 (of people: very high-spirited) · pl entuzjastyczny (of people: very high-spirited) · hu exuberáns (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ru оби́льный (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ru бу́йный (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · cmn 亢奮 /亢奋 (of people: very high-spirited) · cmn 繁茂 (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · ru неудержи́мый (of people: very high-spirited) · ru бу́рный (of people: very high-spirited) · cmn 旺盛 (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · nl overdadig (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · de ausgelassen (of people: very high-spirited) · hy ճոխ (abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant) · th มีชีวิตชีวา (of people: very high-spirited)