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The definition of exuberant is feeling great excitement or enthusiasm.

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An example of exuberant is a child on Christmas morning.

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See exuberant in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

growing profusely; luxuriant or prolific: exuberant vegetation
characterized by good health and high spirits; full of life; uninhibited
overly elaborate; flowery
very great; extreme

Origin: ME < L exuberans: see exuberance

Related Forms:

exuberantly adverb

See exuberant in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy.
Lavish; extravagant.
Extreme in degree, size, or extent.
Growing, producing, or produced abundantly; plentiful: “Threads of her exuberant hair showed up at the bottom of the sink” (Anne Tyler). See Synonyms at profuse.

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Origin: Middle English, overabundant

Origin: , from Old French

Origin: , from Latin exūberāns, exūberant-

Origin: , present participle of exūberāre, to exuberate; see exuberate

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Related Forms:

ex·uˈber·ant·ly adverb

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