/ ɪgˈzʌltənt; NAmE / adjective
exultant (at sth) ( formal ) feeling or showing great pride or happiness especially because of sth exciting that has happened
SYN triumphant
► ex·ult·ant·ly adverb
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WORD ORIGIN
mid 17th cent.: from Latin exsultant- exulting, from the verb exsultare , frequentative of exsilire leap up, from ex- out, upward + salire to leap.