exuberant

CEFRC1

/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Full of lively energy, excitement, and happiness.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Abundant, luxuriant.

Examples

  • The sunrise stained the sky with an exuberant mixture of colors.

  • The trees have exuberant foliage.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
3
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue

  2. Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.

More examples

In context

  • Those children are in exuberant spirits.

  • The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.

  • exuberant feeling

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.