exuberant

== English == === 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. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/ === Adjective === exuberant (comparative more exuberant, superlative most exuberant) (of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic. Synonyms: buoyant, cheerful, high-spirited (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant. Synonyms: profuse, superabundant 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 ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== exuberance ==== Translations ==== === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. === Further reading === “exuberant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “exuberant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary. == Latin == === Verb === exūberant third-person plural present active indicative of exūberō == Occitan == === Etymology === From Latin exūberāns. === Pronunciation === === Adjective === exuberant m (feminine singular exuberanta, masculine plural exuberants, feminine plural exuberantas) exuberant (of a person: very high-spirited) exuberant (abundant) ==== Related terms ==== exuberància == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French exubérant, from Latin exuberans. === Adjective === exuberant m or n (feminine singular exuberantă, masculine plural exuberanți, feminine/neuter plural exuberante) exuberant ==== Declension ====