exuberance
nounEtymology
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.
Definitions
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.
An instance of exuberant behaviour.
An overflowing quantity
An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
- an exuberance of branches in a plant
›+ 1 more definitionshow fewer
An abundance of wealth.
The neighborhood
- neighborexuberant
- neighborexuberantly
Derived
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.
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.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA