exuberant

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exuberant (comparative more exuberant, superlative most exuberant)

Positive
exuberant

Comparative
more exuberant

Superlative
most exuberant

  1. (of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic or enthusiastic.
    • 1882, Frank R. Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger?",
      He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.
    • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22,
      She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.
  2. (of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant.
    • 1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22,
      The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.

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[edit] References

  • Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
  • Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.