exuberance

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

EXU'BERANCE EXU'BERANCY, noun [Latin exuberans, exubero; ex and ubero, to fatten; uber, a pap or breast, that is, a swelling or mass.] 1. An abundance; an overflowing quantity; richness; as an exuberance of fertility or fancy. 2. Superfluous abundance; luxuriance. 3. Overgrowth; superfluous shoots, as of trees.
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