Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Lexicon: extravagant – exultation
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extravagant, adj. [see extravagance, n.]
Exceeding necessity; not within ordinary limits.
extreme (-er, -est), adj. [L.'outward'.]
- Great; intense; utmost degree.
- Farthest or last part.
extremely, adv. [see extreme, adj.]
Very much; greatly.
extremity, n. [see extreme, adj.]
- Utmost point; the very end.
- Utmost penalty; point of suffering; sin.
- Utmost part; opposite end.
extrinsic, adj. [L. < exter, outside + in, in + secus, beside.]
External; outside; operating from without.
exuberance, n. [Fr. < L. < ex- + ūberāre, to be fruitful, fertile; udder.]
Abundance; fullness; richness.
exude, v. [L. ex-, out + sūdāre, to sweat.]
Discharge; escape; flow from.
exult, v. [L. < ex-, out + salīre, to leap.]
Leap for joy; rejoice exceedingly; glad.
exultant, adj. [see exult, v.]
Triumphant; joyfully.
exultation, n. [see exult, v.]
Lively joy; great gladness; triumph.