Adjective

(en adjective)

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

* 1882 , , "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 , , Catch-22 :

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

(of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant, profuse, superabundant.

* 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.

Adjective

(en adjective)

(of perception) Clear, detailed or powerful.

(of an image) Bright, intense or colourful.

*{{quote-book, year=1963, author=(Margery Allingham)

, title=(The China Governess) , chapter=1 citation , passage=The half-dozen pieces […] were painted white and carved with festoons of flowers, birds and cupids. To display them the walls had been tinted a vivid blue which had now faded, but the carpet, which had evidently been stored and recently relaid, retained its original turquoise.}}

Full of life, strikingly alive.

*{{quote-book, year=1907, author=

, title=The Dust of Conflict , chapter=32 citation , passage=The vivid , untrammeled life appealed to him, and for a time he had found delight in it; but he was wise and knew that once peace was established there would be no room in Cuba for the Sin Verguenza.}}