Added 9 October 2026
exuberance
/ɪɡˈzjuːbəɹəns/ noun
Latin root: exuberantia Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about exuberance at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
- The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
- An instance of exuberant behaviour.
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An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
an exuberance of branches in a plant
Origin
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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