Today, I read in my trivia subscription that the word exuberance means,
literally, having udders that are overflowing.
Exuberant – from the Latin, meaning one's udders ("uber") runneth over.
I can't verify this from my own dictionary. Any etymologists out there?
Rachel Myr
Kristiansand, Norway
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