# exuberant

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ɪɡˈzuːbəɹənt/ · frequency rank #30,035

## Definitions
1. Very cheery and peppy; extremely cheerful, energetic and enthusiastic.
2. Abundant, luxuriant.
3. Unusually proliferative, widespread or extreme, particularly in relation to a disease, immune reaction, or tissue

## Etymology
From Middle French exubérant, from Latin exūberāns, the present active participle of exūberō (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.

## Easily confused with
- **exuberance** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exuberance-vs-exuberant)

## Common misspellings (13)
`euxberant`, `exbuerant`, `exubberant`, `exubearnt`, `exuberannt`, `exuberantt`, `exuberatn`, `exubernat`, `exuberrant`, `exubreant`, `exuebrant`, `exxuberant`, `xeuberant`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/exuberant