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ex·u·ber·ant    Audio Help   [ig-zoo-ber-uhnt] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.effusively and almost uninhibitedly enthusiastic; lavishly abundant: an exuberant welcome for the hero.
2.abounding in vitality; extremely joyful and vigorous.
3.extremely good; overflowing; plentiful: exuberant health.
4.profuse in growth or production; luxuriant; superabundant: exuberant vegetation.

[Origin: 1425–75; late ME < L exūberant- (s. of exūberāns), prp. of exūberāre, equiv. to ex- ex-1 + ūberāre to be fruitful (deriv. of ūber fertile); see -ant]

ex·u·ber·ant·ly, adverb
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ex·u·ber·ant    Audio Help   (ĭg-zōō'bər-ənt)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy.
  2. Lavish; extravagant.
  3. Extreme in degree, size, or extent.
  4. Growing, producing, or produced abundantly; plentiful: "Threads of her exuberant hair showed up at the bottom of the sink" (Anne Tyler). See Synonyms at profuse.


[Middle English, overabundant, from Old French, from Latin exūberāns, exūberant-, present participle of exūberāre, to exuberate; see exuberate.]

ex·u'ber·ant·ly adv.
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exuberant 
1459, from L. exuberantem "overabundance," prp. of exuberare "be abundant, grow luxuriously," from ex- "thoroughly" + uberare "be fruitful," related to uber "udder," from PIE base *udhr- (see udder).

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exuberant

adjective
1. joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient
2. unrestrained, especially with regard to feelings; "extravagant praise"; "exuberant compliments"; "overweening ambition"; "overweening greed" [syn: excessive
3. produced or growing in extreme abundance; "their riotous blooming" 

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exuberant [igˈzjuːbərənt] adjective
happy and excited or in high spirits
Example: an exuberant mood
Arabic: طافِح بالسُّرور
Chinese (Simplified): 兴高采烈的
Chinese (Traditional): 興高採烈的
Czech: bujný
Danish: sprudlende; livlig
Dutch: uitbundig
Estonian: ülevoolav
Finnish: ylitsepursuava, riemukas
French: exubérant
German: übermütig
Greek: ενθουσιώδης
Hungarian: túláradó (érzelem)
Icelandic: upprifinn, geislandi af lífi og fjöri
Indonesian: bersemangat, gembira sekali
Italian: esuberante
Japanese: 元気にあふれた
Korean: 생기에 가득찬
Latvian: pāri plūstošs (aiz prieka, enerģijas); pārpilns
Lithuanian: džiūgaujantis, džiugus
Norwegian: overstrømmende, sprudlende
Polish: radosny, wylewny
Portuguese (Brazil): exuberante
Portuguese (Portugal): exuberante
Romanian: exuberant
Russian: экспансивный
Slovak: neviazaný
Slovenian: živahen, prekipevajoč
Spanish: eufórico
Swedish: sprudlande
Turkish: çoşkun
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ex·u·ber·ant (g-zbr-nt)
adj.

Proliferating or growing excessively.

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Main Entry: ex·u·ber·ant
Pronunciation: ig-'zü-b(&-)r&nt
Function: adjective
: characterized by extreme proliferation <exuberant granulation tissue> <progressive changes of renal osteodystrophy with remarkably exuberant metastatic calcification —Sandy Muspratt>

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Exuberant

Ex*u"ber*ant\, a. [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exub['e]rant. See Udder.] Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." --Thomson. -- Ex*u"ber*ant*ly, adv.
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Exuberant

Ex*u"ber*ate\, v. i. [L. exuberatus, p. p. of exuberare. See Exuberant, n.] To abound; to be in great abundance. [Obs.] --Boyle.
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Exuberant

Ud"der\, n. [OE. uddir, AS. [=u]der; akin to D. uijer, G. euter, OHG. [=u]tar, [=u]tiro, Icel. j[=u]gr, Sw. jufver, jur, Dan. yver, L. uber, Gr. o"y^qar, Skr. [=u]dhar. [root]216. Cf. Exuberant.]

1. (Anat.) The glandular organ in which milk is secreted and stored; -- popularly called the bag in cows and other quadrupeds. See Mamma.

A lioness, with udders all drawn dry. --Shak.

2. One of the breasts of a woman. [R.]

Yon Juno of majestic size, With cowlike udders, and with oxlike eyes. --Pope.
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