-nt adjective
Etymology: Middle English exuberaunt, from Middle French exuberant, from Latin exuberant-, exuberans, present participle of exuberare to be abundant, from ex- ex- (I) + uberare to be fruitful, from uber fruitful, fertile, from uber udder — more at udder
1.
a.
(1) : joyously unrestrained and enthusiastic : extremely or excessively high-spirited and uninhibited
there were plays which he wrote with an exuberant gaiety — Van Wyck Brooks
her exuberant capacity for pleasure — Paul Roche
: full of life : vivacious
his warm exuberant personality — Douglas Cleverdon
(2) : diffuse and undisciplined
exuberant remarks
: effusively inflated : excessively ornate or otherwise overdone : turgid , profuse , flamboyant
a reporter who overwrote his story with exuberant images and exaggerated figures — F.L.Mott
heaping exuberant praise on them
b. : extreme or excessive in degree, size, or extent : surpassing fixed, usual, or expected limits
a person of exuberant talent
the nation enjoyed exuberant prosperity
mountains of exuberant bulk
exuberant zeal
c. : lavish , extravagant , prodigal
that exuberant vista of gilding and crimson velvet — Max Beerbohm
2.
a.
(1) : extremely luxuriant : produced in extreme or excessive abundance : plentiful
exuberant foliage and vegetation
exuberant crops
an exuberant growth of hair
(2) medicine : characterized by excessive proliferation
exuberant warts
b. : extremely fertile or creative : richly productive : fecund , fruitful , prolific
gifted with an exuberant imagination
Synonyms: see profuse