different between exuberant vs innumerable

English

Etymology

From Middle French exubérant, from Latin ex?ber?ns, the present active participle of ex?ber? (“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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zu?b???nt/

Adjective

exuberant (comparative more exuberant, superlative most exuberant)

1. (of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.

   Synonyms: buoyant, cheerful, high-spirited

   • 1882, Frank R. Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger?":

     He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.

   • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:

     She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.

2. (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.

   Synonyms: profuse, superabundant

   • 1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western Magazine

     It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.

   • 1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:

     The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.

Derived terms

• exuberantly

Related terms

• exuberance

Translations

Further reading

• “exuberant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exuberant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Latin

Verb

ex?berant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ex?ber?

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ex?ber?ns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exuberant m (feminine singular exuberanta, masculine plural exuberants, feminine plural exuberantas)

1. exuberant (of a person: very high-spirited)
2. exuberant (abundant)

Related terms

• exuberància

Romanian

Etymology

From French exubérant, from Latin exuberans.

Adjective

exuberant m or n (feminine singular exuberant?, masculine plural exuberan?i, feminine and neuter plural exuberante)

1. exuberant

Declension

English

Etymology

From in- +? numerable; from French innumérable, from Latin innumer?bilis, from in- +? numer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /??nu?m??.?b?l/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nju?m??.?b?l/

Adjective

innumerable (comparative more innumerable, superlative most innumerable)

1. Not capable of being counted, enumerated, or numbered, hence, indefinitely numerous; of great number.
   • 1889, Mark Twain, A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

     Soon we could see the innumerable banners fluttering, and then the sun struck the sea of armor and set it all aflash.

Synonyms

• countless, numberless, unnumbered, untold; see also Thesaurus:innumerable

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin innumer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /in.nu.m???a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /in.nu.me??a.ble/

Adjective

innumerable (masculine and feminine plural innumerables)

1. innumerable

   Synonym: innombrable

Further reading

• “innumerable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “innumerable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “innumerable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “innumerable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin innumer?bilis, from in- +? numer?bilis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /inume??able/, [i.nu.me??a.??le]

Adjective

innumerable (plural innumerables)

1. innumerable

Further reading

• “innumerable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.