exuberance

noun
/ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/UK/ɪɡˈzub(ə)rən(t)s/US

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.

  1. borrowed from über — “above
  2. formed as exuberance — “ex- + uber

Definitions

  1. The quality of being exuberant

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

    • Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.
  2. An instance of exuberant behaviour.

  3. An overflowing quantity

    An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.

    • an exuberance of branches in a plant
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. An abundance of wealth.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at exuberance. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at exuberance. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at exuberance

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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