exuberant
[ig-zoo-ber-uh nt]
- effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.
- abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous.
- extremely good; overflowing; plentiful: exuberant health.
- profuse in growth or production; luxuriant; superabundant: exuberant vegetation.
Show More
Origin of exuberant
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for exuberantly
Contemporary Examples
But a drizzly ten minutes later, an exuberantly overweight man with a bright-red face suddenly roared his taxi around the corner.
One early problem for the exuberantly hatted legislator: The House has forbidden headwear since 1837.
Alter recounts the story of an exuberantly hopeful new president—winning the White House after overcoming enormous obstacles.
Historical Examples
Then he trotted after Jan and the children and was exuberantly glad to see Meg again.
Jan and Her JobL. Allen Harker
Blanche was too exuberantly happy at the moment to be damped by any rebuke.
MoragJanet Milne Rae
He praised Buchanan, if not exuberantly, still sufficiently.
Martin Van BurenEdward M. Shepard
As Mrs. Loring had said, he was good-looking, but too exuberantly so.
Shadows of FlamesAmelie Rives
"It could not possibly be better occupied," he said exuberantly.
Pearl of Pearl IslandJohn Oxenham
exuberant
- abounding in vigour and high spirits; full of vitality
- lavish or effusive; excessively elaborateexuberant compliments
- growing luxuriantly or in profusion
Show More
Word Origin
C15: from Latin exūberāns, from ūberāre to be fruitful, from ūber fertile
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Word Origin and History for exuberantly
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" + uberare "be fruitful," related to uber "udder," from PIE root *eue-dh-r- (see udder). Related: Exuberantly; exuberate; exuberating.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
exuberant
(ĭg-zōō′bər-ənt)- Proliferating or growing excessively.
Show More
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.