What does exuberant mean?

Definitions for exuberant
ɪgˈzu bər əntex·u·ber·ant

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ebullient, exuberant, high-spiritedadjective

    joyously unrestrained

  2. excessive, extravagant, exuberant, overweeningadjective

    unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings

    "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed"

  3. exuberant, lush, luxuriant, profuse, riotousadjective

    produced or growing in extreme abundance

    "their riotous blooming"

Wiktionary

  1. exuberantadjective

    Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.

  2. exuberantadjective

    Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant.

  3. Etymology: From exuberans, the present active participle of exubero. Put together from e, and uber, 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.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. EXUBERANTadjective

    Etymology: exuberans, Latin.

    Another Flora there of bolder hues,
    And richer sweets, beyond our gardens pride,
    Plays o’er the fields, and showers with sudden hand
    Exuberant spring. James Thomson, Spring, l. 685.

    His similes have been thought too exuberant, and full of circumstances. Alexander Pope, Iliad. Preface to the.

    We might there discern such immense power, such unsearchable wisdom, and such exuberant goodness, as may justly ravish us to an amazement, rather than a bare admiration. Robert Boyle, Seraphick Love.

    A part of that exuberant devotion, with which the whole assembly raised and animated one another, catches a reader at the greatest distance of time. Joseph Addison, Freeholder, №. 49.

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  1. exuberant

    Exuberant generally refers to someone or something that is full of energy, excitement, cheerfulness, or enthusiasm. It can describe the display of strong and lively emotions or the growth and abundance of something.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Exuberantadjective

    characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage

  2. Etymology: [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exubrant. See Udder.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Exuberant

    eks-ū′bėr-ant, adj. plenteous: overflowing: happy: lavish.—ns. Exū′berance, Exū′berancy, quality of being exuberant: an overflowing quantity: superfluousness: outburst.—adv. Exū′berantly.—v.i. Exū′berāte, to be exuberant. [L. exuberans, pr.p. of exuberāreex, inten., uber, rich.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of exuberant in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of exuberant in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of exuberant in a Sentence

  1. Omega Advisors ' Steven Einhorn:

    I don't think anyone today would define investors anywhere near exuberant, i would call it from dark to darker.

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