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▪ I. exulting, vbl. n.|ɛgˈzʌltɪŋ|
[f. exult + -ing1.]
The action of the vb. exult; exultation.
1744S. Fielding David Simple (ed. 2) I. 85 Dinner pass'd..in Exultings in the Happiness of possessing such a Creature. a1859L. Hunt Fancy Concert, The gong..with exultings that clanged like disasters. 1875Browning Aristoph. Apol. 363 Hideous exultings.
▪ II. eˈxulting, ppl. a.
[f. as prec. + -ing2.]
1. That exults; exultant, triumphantly joyful.
1757Dyer Fleece iv. 689 Th' exulting muse shall then..her flight renew. 1856Froude Hist. Eng. (1858) I. ii. 166 An exulting expectation of a dissolution of the church establishment. 1876J. H. Newman Hist. Sk. I. i. i. 42 Solon..was asked by the exulting monarch who was the happiest of men.
2. nonce-use. Upspringing, towering, lofty. Cf. exult 1.
1798Bloomfield Farmer's Boy, Autumn 318 To climb the woodland hill's exulting brow.
Hence eˈxultingly adv., in an exulting manner.
1661Boyle Style of Script. (1675) 244 They exultingly told the woman, Now we believe, etc. 1775Adair Amer. Ind. 296 The savage..returned exultingly to his country⁓men. 1837Hood Drinking Song ii, Let topers of grape⁓juice exultingly vapour. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 203 In London it was announced exultingly that [etc.]. |