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exult
English
Etymology
From Middle French exulter, from Latin exsult?, frequentative of exsili? (“jump up”), from ex- + sali? (“jump, leap”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???z?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Verb
exult (third-person singular simple present exults, present participle exulting, simple past and past participle exulted)
- (intransitive) To rejoice; to be very happy, especially in triumph.
Usage notes
Do not confuse exult (rejoice) (intransitive) with exalt (praise) (transitive).
Related terms
- exultant
- exultate
- exultation
Derived terms
- exulting
Translations
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exhilarate
English
Etymology
From Latin exhilar?re (“to delight, to gladden, to make merry”), from ex- (“out, away”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h?e??s (“out”)) + hilar?re, present infinitive of hilar? (“to cheer, to gladden”), from hilaris (“cheerful, light-hearted, lively”) (from Ancient Greek ?????? (hilarós, “cheerful, merry”), from ????? (hílaos, “gracious, kind, propitious”), from Proto-Indo-European *s?lh?- (“comfort, mercy”)).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???z?l??e?t/, /??-/
- (General American) IPA(key): /???z?l???e?t/, /??-/
- (General American)
- Hyphenation: ex?hil?a?rate
Verb
exhilarate (third-person singular simple present exhilarates, present participle exhilarating, simple past and past participle exhilarated)
- (transitive) To cheer, to cheer up, to gladden, to make happy.
- (transitive) To excite, to thrill.
- 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, Have his Carcase, Chapter 12.
- Harriet became suddenly conscious that every woman in the room was gazing furtively or with frank interest at Wimsey and herself, and the knowledge exhilarated her.
- 1932, Dorothy L Sayers, Have his Carcase, Chapter 12.
Synonyms
- (to cheer): enliven, stimulate
Derived terms
- exhilarating
- exhilarant
- exhilaratingly
- exhilaration
- exhilarator
- exhilaratory
Related terms
- hilarious
- hilariously
- hilariousness
- hilarity
- Hilary
Translations
Further reading
- exhilarate in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- exhilarate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Latin
Verb
exhilar?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of exhilar?
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