exuberance
pronunciation
How to pronounce exuberance in British English:
UK [ɪɡ'zju:bərəns]
How to pronounce exuberance in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzubərəns]
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- Noun:
- joyful enthusiasm
- overflowing with enthusiasm
Word Origin
- exuberance (n.)
- 1630s, "an overflowing," from French exubérance (16c.), from Late Latin exuberantia "superabundance," noun of state from exuberare "be abundant, grow luxuriously" (see exuberant). Usually figurative in English, especially of joy, happiness, etc. Exuberancy attested from 1610s.
Example
- 1. The first is that unfettered exuberance about wealth creation will produce unsustainable booms and inevitable crashes .
- 2. In any case , the image remains an enduring symbol of america 's exuberance at the end of a long struggle .
- 3. Long after south africans saw their own team eliminated from the tournament , they kept up their vuvuzela-blowing , flag-waving , patriotic exuberance across the racial divide .
- 4. But the exuberance grew excessive , and many developers and investors were badly burned when dozens of projects were canceled in the wake of the global financial crisis .
- 5. A fellow datong university graduate , yuan lei , threw the first wet blanket over the exuberance of ms. liu , mr. li and three friends not long after their july arrival in beijing .