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exuberant

exu·be·rant

UK/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/ US/ɪˈɡzubɜrʌnt/ rare literary

adjective

1.
2.

unrestrained in especially feelings

  • “extravagant praise”
  • “exuberant compliments”
  • “overweening ambition”
  • “overweening greed”
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3.

produced or growing in extreme abundance

  • “their riotous blooming”
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Origin

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.

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