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jubilancy

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ju⋅bi⋅lant

  [joo-buh-luhnt]
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–adjective
showing great joy, satisfaction, or triumph; rejoicing; exultant: the cheers of the jubilant victors; the jubilant climax of his symphony.
Origin:
1660–70; < L jūbilant- (s. of jūbilāns, prp. of jūbilāre to shout, whoop), equiv. to jūbil- shout + -ant- -ant

Related forms:
ju⋅bi⋅lance, ju⋅bi⋅lan⋅cy, noun
ju⋅bi⋅lant⋅ly, adverb
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Word Origin & History

jubilant 
1667, from L. jubilantem (nom. jubilans), prp. of jubilare "to call to someone," in Christian writers, "to shout for joy," related to jubilum "wild shout." First attested in Milton. Jubilation is much older in Eng. (1388), from O.Fr. jubilacion, from L. jubilationem (nom. jubilatio), from jubilare.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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