exuberant
pronunciation
How to pronounce exuberant in British English:
UK [ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt]
How to pronounce exuberant in American English:
US [ɪɡˈzuːbərənt]
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- Adjective:
- joyously unrestrained
- unrestrained in especially feelings
- produced or growing in extreme abundance
Word Origin
- exuberant
- exuberant: [15] Exuberant comes via French from the present participle of Latin exūberāre ‘be abundant’. This was a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix ex- and ūberāre ‘be productive’, a derivative of ūber ‘fertile’. This in turn was an adjectival use of the noun ūber ‘udder’, which came from the same ultimate source (Indo-European *ūdhr-) as English udder.=> udder
- exuberant (adj.)
- mid-15c., from Middle French exubérant and directly from Latin exuberantem (nominative exuberans) "overabundance," present participle of exuberare "be abundant, grow luxuriously," from ex- "thoroughly" (see ex-) + uberare "be fruitful," related to uber "udder," from PIE root *eue-dh-r- (see udder). Related: Exuberantly; exuberate; exuberating.
Example
- 1. She had an exuberant smile .
- 2. So why did financial markets remain exuberant for so long ?
- 3. Exuberant excess is not yet out of fashion in moscow .
- 4. It was ( and is ) a good example of the exuberant , eclectic and downright weird forms taken by early russian ventures into consumer capitalism .
- 5. There is a limit to the largesse . Exuberant spanish announcements that the chinese were about to pump money into the country 's troubled savings banks were quickly slapped down .