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Rachel
I am not an etymologists but...
You are right!!exuberance;ex, (out), and uberare,( to be fruitful), from
uber, (an udder)
Found it in my dictionary.
Jan Aken RN IBCLC
> Date: Sat, 3 Jun 2000 01:23:16 +0200
> From: Rachel Myr <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: reason for exuberance?
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> Today, I read in my trivia subscription that the word exuberance means,
> literally, having udders that are overflowing.
> Exuberant =96 from the Latin, meaning one's udders ("uber") runneth over.
> I can't verify this from my own dictionary. > Kristiansand, Norway
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