单词 | exuberant |
释义 | exuberantadj. 1. Luxuriantly fertile or prolific; abundantly productive. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > land > landscape > fertile land or place > [adjective] goodOE bearinglOE freshc1325 fat1393 plentive?a1400 fertilec1460 richa1522 fructual1528 batwell1534 battle?1542 battling1548 increaseful1594 uberousa1627 exuberanta1660 generous1661 productive1672 innerly1868 oasal1888 oasitic1896 a1660 J. Evelyn Diary anno 1645 (1955) II. 324 Vines..so exuberant, that..one Vine will loade 5 mules with its Grapes. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. v. 313 A paltry Recompense for the exuberant Rhodes. 1759 B. Martin Nat. Hist. Eng. I. 12 The Earth has been so exuberant in the Production of this Metal. 1768 W. Gilpin Ess. Prints 163 His fancy is exceedingly fruitful..It is indeed too exuberant. 1854 R. W. Emerson Poetry & Imag. in Wks. (1906) III. 168 We know Nature, and figure her exuberant..in her fertility. 1871 D. G. Rossetti Jenny in Poems 109 Love's exuberant hotbed. 2. a. Growing luxuriantly; produced in superabundance or excess. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [adjective] > profuse, luxurious, or lush ranka1325 exuberanta1513 profuse1542 lavish1576 profused1608 redundant1621 luxuriant1625 luxurious1644 lush1851 the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > superabundant superabundantc1475 superaboundinga1513 riotous1573 exsuperant1596 exuberate1638 traboccant1651 exundanta1661 exuberant1664 a1513 H. Bradshaw Lyfe St. Werburge (1521) i. v. sig. c.i A pure perfyte plante..Merveylously a growynge..with dyuers proprytes, of grace exuberaunt. 1664 J. Evelyn Kalendarium Hortense 68 in Sylva Cleanse Vines from exuberant branches. 1796 H. Hunter tr. J.-H. B. de Saint-Pierre Stud. Nature (1799) III. 583 Both..may perish with hunger in the midst of our exuberant crops. 1848 J. C. Prichard Nat. Hist. Man 99 Races bearing an exuberant growth of hair. a1862 H. T. Buckle Hist. Civilisation Eng. (1869) III. i. 9 An exuberant and therefore a restless population. b. Misused for ‘superfluous’. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > excessive or superfluous superfluent?1440 superfluous?a1450 superstitiousc1450 superfluec1475 redundant?1577 pleonastical1653 exuberant1667 pleonasmical1693 enormous1704 pluperfect1802 pleonastic1835 1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 157 An Exuberant Servant..is better spared, than a Charity to one of these. 3. Of a fountain, stream, etc.: Overflowing. [Compare Virgil Æneid vii. 465 exuberat amnis.] ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flood or flooding > [adjective] > flooding or overflowing delavya1400 floating1578 swimmingc1595 overfloten1601 gulf-eating?1611 overflowing1611 overrunning1611 tideful1622 inundant1629 diluvial1656 exuberant1678 diluviana1684 overflown1818 deluging1824 deluginous1835 insurgent1849 flooding1850 overstreaming1860 1678 R. Cudworth tr. in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. iv. 595 He as it were an Exuberant Fountain, this as a Stream derived from him. 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica i. xvi. 105 Even the Sextile..is found at times to usher in exuberant Flouds. 1876 J. S. Blackie Songs Relig. & Life 18 Life's exuberant sea. 4. figurative. a. Of affections, joyous emotions, beneficence, vitality, health, or their manifestations: Overflowing, abounding. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > superabundant > specifically of affections, health, etc. exuberant1659 1659 R. Boyle Some Motives & Incentives to Love of God 56 Such exuberant Goodnesse as may justly ravish us to an amazement. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 169. ¶8 Such an exuberant Love to Mankind. a1774 A. Tucker Light of Nature Pursued (1777) III. iv. 310 An exuberant health without any judgement to guide it, will never make either a happy, or a useful man. 1828 T. B. Macaulay Hallam's Constit. Hist. in Edinb. Rev. Sept. 110 An age of exuberant zeal. 1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea I. vi. 80 The English in their exuberant strength. b. Of persons, their actions or expressions: Effusive in display of feeling. Now more usually, Abounding in health and spirits, overflowing with delight. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > excitability of temperament > spiritedness or liveliness > [adjective] > boisterously lively exuberant?1504 flagartie1535 unsober1542 unstaida1557 coltisha1586 skittisha1592 unsettled1594 untameful1607 tearing1654 boisterousa1683 rackety1773 rumbustiousa1777 ranty1783 polrumptious1787 spanking1801 flisky1807 uproarious1819 unplacid1825 skylarking1826 fizzy1855 polyphloisboisterousa1875 polyphloisbic1915 raucous1919 boysy1921 bang-about1933 Tigger-like1974 ?1504 S. Hawes Example of Vertu sig. dd.iiv I vnto you must be well exuberaunt. 1753 S. Johnson Adventurer No. 58. ⁋3 Exuberant praise bestowed by others. 1815 W. H. Ireland Scribbleomania 48 He has been..exuberant in his encomiums upon individuals. 1863 M. E. Braddon Eleanor's Victory i She seemed an animated..exuberant creature. 1866 J. W. Carlyle Lett. III. 323 An exuberant letter from Charles Kingsley. 1875 A. Helps Social Pressure xxv. 395 After exuberant demonstrations to me. c. Of diction or composition: Copious, diffuse, lavish in ornament. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > [adjective] large?c1400 ample1447 copiousc1450 exuberous1651 exuberant1654 voluminous1672 fuse1724 1654 T. Fuller Ephemeris Parliamentaria Pref. sig. ¶4v Here may they observe the variety of eloquence in severall persons, some large, copious and exuberant. 1715 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad I. Pref. His Similes have been thought too exuberant and full of Circumstances. 1863 ‘G. Eliot’ Romola III. xxiv. 260 Exclamations of joy and wailing, mingled with exuberant narrative. d. Of wealth or stores: Overflowing, abundant. Of expenditure or display: Lavish, profuse. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [adjective] > superabundant > specifically of wealth or stores exuberant1686 1686 J. Goad Astro-meteorologica iii. iv. 499 Our Collections are more exuberant than Stow's. 1751 S. Johnson Rambler No. 101. ⁋4 My fortune being by no means exuberant. 1796 E. Burke Two Lett. Peace Regicide Directory France in Wks. (1842) II. 349 The exuberant display of wealth in our shops. 1869 W. E. H. Lecky Hist. European Morals II. i. 99 The exuberant charities of the church. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < adj.?1504 |
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