exuberance

See also: exubérance

English

Etymology

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia (“superabundance”), from exuberare (“to grow thickly, to abound”); 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.

Pronunciation

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

exuberance (countable and uncountable, plural exuberances)

(uncountable) The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
- 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.
An instance of exuberant behaviour.
An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.

Synonyms

ebullience

Translations

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

Bulgarian: изобилие (bg) n (izobilie)
Dutch: excuberantie
Finnish: elämäniloisuus, elämänilo
German: Exuberanz f (obsolete), Überfluss (de) m, Überschwänglichkeit (de) f, Lebendigkeit f, Enthusiasmus (de) m, Überschwang (de) m, Ausgelassenheit (de) f
Irish: anamúlacht f

Italian: esuberanza (it) f, entusiasmo (it) m, vitalità (it) f
Maori: tūkōripi
Portuguese: exuberância f
Russian: (abundance) изоби́лие (ru) n (izobílije), (liveliness) жи́вость (ru) f (žívostʹ)
Spanish: exuberancia (es)

An instance of exuberant behaviour

Dutch: uitbundigheid (nl)
German: Überschwang (de) m

Portuguese: exuberância f