exuberance

English

Etymology

From Latin exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); 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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɛksˈjuː.bɜː(ɹ).əns/, /ˈɛɡ.ʒuː.bɜː(ɹ).əns/, X-SAMPA: /Eks"ju:.b3:(r).@ns/, /"Eg.Zu:.b3:(r).@ns/

Noun

exuberance (countable and uncountable; plural exuberances)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
   • 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, BBC Sport:

     Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.

2. An instance of exuberant behaviour.

Synonyms

• ebullience

Translations

The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness

• Bulgarian: изобилие (bg) (izobilie) n
• Dutch: excuberantie (nl)
• Finnish: elämäniloisuus (fi), elämänilo (fi)
• German: Exuberanz (de) f (obsolete), Überfluss (de) m, Überschwänglichkeit (de) f
• Portuguese: exuberância (pt) f

• Russian: (abundance) изобилие (ru) (izobílije) n, (liveliness) живость (ru) (žívostʹ) f
• Spanish: exuberancia (es)

An instance of exuberant behaviour

• Dutch: uitbundigheid (nl)
• Portuguese: exuberância (pt) f