exuberant
/ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/ adjective
- adjective (of people) Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic. “exuberant feeling”
- adjective (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant. “exuberant foliage”
- adjective (medicine) Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue
Synonyms
buoyant cheerful high-spirited profuse superabundant ebullient excessive extravagant overweening lush luxuriant riotous
Etymology
From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.
Webster’s 1913
- adjective Characterized by abundance or superabundance; plenteous; rich; overflowing; copious or excessive in production; as, exuberant goodness; an exuberant intellect; exuberant foliage. "Exuberant spring." Thomson.
Etymology [L. exuberans, exuberantis, p. pr. of exuberare to be abundant; ex + uberare to be fruitful, fr. uber fruitful, fertile, uber udder: cf. F. exubérant. See Udder.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “exuberant”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details