exuberance

Meaning

  1. (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
  2. (countable, uncountable) An instance of exuberant behaviour.
  3. (countable, uncountable) An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
  4. (countable, uncountable) An abundance of wealth.

Frequency

39k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/
Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) + uber (“udder”), which would have originally 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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