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exuberance

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21
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25
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10
Pronunciation
/ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/ (UK)
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/ɛksˈjuː.bɜːɹ.əns/ (UK) · /ˈɛɡ.ʒuː.bɜːɹ.əns/ (UK) · /ɪɡˈzub(ə)rən(t)s/ (US) · /ɛɡˈzub(ə)rən(t)s/ (US)

Definition of exuberance

4 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (uncountable)The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
    “Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.”
    “The stock market found itself at a similar moment 29 years ago, when Alan Greenspan famously warned of “irrational exuberance” fueling a bubble in internet stocks. The S&P 500 had risen more than 60 percent in the two years before Mr. Greenspan’s speech.”
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noun

  1. (uncountable)The quality of being exuberant; cheerful or vigorous enthusiasm; liveliness.
    “Tottenham's desire for a win against a Norwich side playing with energy and exuberance made for an enthralling, end-to-end game.”
    “The stock market found itself at a similar moment 29 years ago, when Alan Greenspan famously warned of “irrational exuberance” fueling a bubble in internet stocks. The S&P 500 had risen more than 60 percent in the two years before Mr. Greenspan’s speech.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)An instance of exuberant behaviour.
  3. (countable, uncountable)An overflowing quantity; superfluousness.
    “an exuberance of branches in a plant”
  4. (countable, uncountable)An abundance of wealth.

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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.

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