exuberant
adjective/ɪɡˈzjuːbərənt/
/ɪɡˈzuːbərənt/
- full of energy, excitement and happiness
- She gave an exuberant performance.
- an exuberant personality/imagination
- a picture painted in exuberant reds and yellows
- A noisy bunch of exuberant youngsters were gathered outside.
- He was exuberant as a child.
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- (of plants, etc.) strong and healthy; growing quickly and well
- the exuberant growth of high summer
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘overflowing, abounding’): from French exubérant, from Latin exuberant- ‘being abundantly fruitful’, from the verb exuberare (based on uber ‘fertile’).
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