exuberance

See also: exubérance

English

Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); from ex- (“out”) +‎ uber (“udder”), which would have originally referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder. (Can this⁽⁺⁾ etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/, /ˈɛɡ.ʒuː.bɜːɹ.əns/

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Noun

exuberance (countable and uncountable, plural exuberances)

1. (uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.

   Synonyms: ebullience, joy, vim; see also Thesaurus:enthusiasm, Thesaurus:happiness

   • 2012 April 9, Mandeep Sanghera, “Tottenham 1 - 2 Norwich”, in BBC Sport‎:

     Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.

2. An instance of exuberant behaviour.
3. An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.

   an exuberance of branches in a plant

4. An abundance of wealth.

Derived terms

• hyperexuberance
• overexuberance

Translations

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

Bulgarian: изобилие (bg) n (izobilie) Catalan: exuberància f Dutch: exuberantie (nl) Finnish: elämäniloisuus, elämänilo German: (obsolete) Exuberanz f, Überfluss (de) m, Überschwänglichkeit (de) f, Lebendigkeit (de) f, Enthusiasmus (de) m, Überschwang (de) m, Ausgelassenheit (de) f Irish: anamúlacht f, teaspach m Italian: esuberanza (it) f, entusiasmo (it) m, vitalità (it) f Maori: tūkōripi Occitan: exuberància (oc) f Portuguese: exuberância f Russian: (abundance) изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije), (liveliness) жи́вость (ru) f (žívostʹ) Serbo-Croatian: bujnost (sh) f, obilje (sh) n, izobilje (sh) n Spanish: exuberancia (es)

An instance of exuberant behaviour

Dutch: uitbundigheid (nl) German: Überschwang (de) m Portuguese: exuberância f Serbo-Croatian: razmahanost (sh) f