noun
exuberance
The quality of being richly plentiful
The garden’s exuberance filled every spare corner with leaves and flowers.
Etymology
Latin exuberare meant to abound or overflow. Exuberance retains that picture of so much growth or supply that it seems to exceed normal bounds.
More examples
- The painting celebrates the exuberance of tropical growth.
- An exuberance of decorative detail covered the ceiling.
- The reviewer admired the novel’s imaginative exuberance.
Forms
exuberance
Similar words
- abundance
- Abundance is plenty; exuberance suggests luxuriant or overflowing richness.
- luxuriance
- Luxuriance stresses lush growth or richness; exuberance can also describe imaginative abundance.