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/, 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.
2. An instance of exuberant behaviour.

Synonyms

• ebullience

Translations

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

Finnish: elämäniloisuus (fi), elämänilo (fi) German: Exuberanz (de) f. (obsolete), Überfluss (de) m., Überschwänglichkeit (de) f. Portuguese: exuberância (pt) f.

Russian: живость f. Spanish: exuberancia (es)

An instance of exuberant behaviour

Portuguese: exuberância (pt) f.