Exuberance

//ɪɡˈzub(ə)rən(t)s// noun

noun ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness. uncountable

    "Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game."

  2. 2
    overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval wordnet
  3. 3
    An instance of exuberant behaviour. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    joyful enthusiasm wordnet
  5. 5
    An overflowing quantity; superfluousness. countable, uncountable

    "an exuberance of branches in a plant"

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  1. 6
    An abundance of wealth. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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ebullienceenthusiasmgaietylivelinessabandonabundance

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"The exuberance of the style and its tricky capriciousness may be, and are, condemned by purists as in questionable taste; but as an outcome of national feeling, and as an example of original inventive ingenuity and patience, this and other notable specimens of the style, to which reference will be made later, are of the highest interest to the student, and a delight to the ordinary observer who can free himself from the straightlaced traditions of the schools."

Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) + uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.

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