# exuberance

Pronunciation: US say "ig-ZOO-buh-ruhns" /ɪɡˈzu.bəɹ.əns/; UK say "eks-YOO-buh-ruhns" /ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/

## Noun

1. Cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm and liveliness; the quality of being full of energy and high spirits.
   - Simple: A happy, excited feeling that makes a person lively and full of energy.
   - _The young team played with such exuberance that the crowd stayed on its feet all night._
   - _After forty years of teaching, his exuberance in the classroom has never faded._
2. A single act or burst of lively, high-spirited behavior.
   - Simple: One time when someone acts in a very lively, excited way.
   - _The coach forgave the rookie's exuberances on the sideline as long as he played hard._
   - _Her latest exuberance, a cartwheel across the office lobby, earned her a talk with security._
3. An overflowing quantity of something, more than is needed; superfluousness.
   - Simple: Much more of something than is needed, so that it seems to overflow.
   - _The gardener pruned away the exuberance of shoots that had sprung up along the old vine._
   - _The novel suffers from an exuberance of detail that slows the story to a crawl._
4. A great abundance of wealth or riches.
   - Simple: A very large amount of money and riches.

## Origin

From French exubérance, from Latin exuberantia ("superabundance"), from exuberare ("to grow thickly, to abound"), from ex- ("out") + uber ("udder"); it would first have described a cow or she-goat making so much milk that it dripped or sprayed from the udder.

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