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

     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.
4. An abundance of wealth.

Synonyms

• ebullience

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)
• Spanish: exuberancia (es)

An instance of exuberant behaviour

• Dutch: uitbundigheid (nl)
• German: Überschwang (de) m
• Portuguese: exuberância f