jubilant
[joo-buh-luh nt]
- showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
Show More
Origin of jubilant
1660–70; < Latin jūbilant- (stem of jūbilāns, present participle of jūbilāre to shout, whoop), equivalent to jūbil- shout + -ant- -ant
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2018
Examples from the Web for jubilance
Historical Examples
It was not long, but it fairly sang with jubilance and the feel of it in his hand was warm.
Jane Journeys OnRuth Comfort Mitchell
Light beams pass and repass in jubilance over the grass blades.
Minstrel WeatherMarian Storm
Then there came a rush of glad life to his heart and he could have shouted in his jubilance.
Castle CraneycrowGeorge Barr McCutcheon
Birds were chanting matins as if all the jubilance of their short lives must be poured out at once.
MoodsLouisa May Alcott
With what a spring of determination, with what a shout of jubilance, will the people rise to their emancipation!
The New FreedomWoodrow Wilson
jubilant
- feeling or expressing great joy
Show More
Word Origin
C17: from Latin jūbilāns shouting for joy, from jūbilāre to give a joyful cry, from jūbilum a shout, wild cry
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 jubilance
jubilant
adj.
1660s, from Latin jubilantem (nominative jubilans), present participle of jubilare "to call to someone," in Christian writers, "to shout for joy," related to jubilum "wild shout." First attested in Milton. Related: Jubilantly.
Show More
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper