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ɪgˈzjuːb(ə)r(ə)nt,
ɛg-/
adj.
- lively and cheerful.
- literary growing profusely.
Derivative
- exuberance n.
- exuberantly adv.
Etymology
ME (in the sense ‘overflowing’): from Fr. exubérant, from L. exuberant-, exuberare ‘be abundantly fruitful’ (based on uber ‘fertile’).