Adjective

(en adjective)

(obsolete) Pertaining to Jove or Zeus; Jovian.

(obsolete) Pertaining to the planet Jupiter; Jovian.

(astrology, obsolete) Under the influence of the planet Jupiter (considered a source of happiness).

Merry; cheerful and good-humored.

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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.