Meanings
nounoverexuberance (uncountable)
- uncountableExcessive exuberance
[…] the Knicks had just upended the Phoenix Suns, so a little overexuberance was understandable.
2009 January 23, Howard Beck, “At Halfway Point, Tandem Buoys the Knicks”, in New York Times
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*úp
- Proto-Indo-European*upér
- Proto-Germanic*uber
- Old Englishofer-
- Middle Englishover-
- Englishover-
- Englishexuberance
- Englishoverexuberance
From over- + exuberance.
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APA
overexuberance. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexuberance
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“overexuberance.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexuberance. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overexuberance,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overexuberance.
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