exuberant

C1 Topic:Money & Finance

US /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/ See IPA manual

Freq #38585

Meanings

1

adj
Full of energy, excitement, and cheerful enthusiasm.

The children were exuberant on the last day of school.
2

adj
Growing or produced in rich abundance.

The garden was a mass of exuberant foliage by midsummer.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 adj · full of energy, excitement,... buoyant cheerfulhigh-spiritedebullient

2 adj · growing or produced in rich... lush luxuriant profuse riotous

Word family

Derived forms exuberantly exuberantnessoverexuberantunexuberant

Related forms exuberance

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.

exubérant Middle French exūberāns Latin

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Money & Finance Word Formation & Derivatives

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# exuberant

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C1
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/
**Frequency rank:** 38585

## Meanings
1. Full of energy, excitement, and cheerful enthusiasm.
2. Growing or produced in rich abundance.

## Examples
- The children were exuberant on the last day of school.
- The garden was a mass of exuberant foliage by midsummer.

## Derived Forms
- exuberantly
- exuberantness
- overexuberant
- unexuberant

## Related Forms
- exuberance

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: exubérant
- Root: exūberāns

## 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.

## AI Etymology
Exuberant is 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. In present-day use, it can mean full of energy, excitement, and cheerful enthusiasm, or growing or produced in rich abundance. Related forms include exuberance. Derived formations include exuberantly, exuberantness, overexuberant, unexuberant.

## Topics
- Money & Finance
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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