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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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ju·bi·lant   (jōō'bə-lənt)   
adj.  
  1. Exultingly joyful.
  2. Expressing joy.

[Latin iūbilāns, iūbilant-, present participle of iūbilāre, to raise a shout of joy.]
ju'bi·lance n., ju'bi·lant·ly adv.
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Jubilant

Ju"bi*lant\, a. [L. jubilans, -antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. F. jubila?. See Jubilate.] Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. "The jubilant age." --Coleridge.

While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. --Milton.
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Language Translation for : jubilant
Spanish: jubiloso,
German: jubelnd,
Japanese: 歓喜に満ちた
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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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