Jubilant

Jubilant
Jubilant Ju"bi*lant, a. [L. jubilans, -antis, p. pr. of jubilare to shout for joy: cf. F. jubilant. See {Jubilate}.] Uttering songs of triumph; shouting with joy; triumphant; exulting. ``The jubilant age.'' --Coleridge. [1913 Webster]

While the bright pomp ascended jubilant. --Milton. [1913 Webster]


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  • jubilant — jubilant, ante [ ʒybilɑ̃, ɑ̃t ] adj. • 1825; de jubiler ♦ Rare Qui jubile, qui exprime la jubilation. « La jubilante physionomie de ce religieux » ( Bloy). ● jubilant, jubilante adjectif Familier. Qui exprime une vive satisfaction. ⇒JUBILANT,… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • jubilant — jubilánt adj. m., pl. jubilánţi; f. sg. jubilántă, pl. jubilánte Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic  JUBILÁNT, Ă adj. care jubilează. (< fr. jubilant) …   Dicționar Român

  • jubilant — jubilant, ante (ju bi lan, lan t ) adj. Qui jubile. Un air jubilant …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • jubilant — index ecstatic Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • jubilant — (adj.) 1660s, from L. jubilantem (nom. jubilans), prp. of jubilare to call to someone, in Christian writers, to shout for joy, related to jubilum wild shout. First attested in Milton. Related: Jubilantly …   Etymology dictionary

  • jubilant — jubìlant m <G nātā> DEFINICIJA v. jubilarac ETIMOLOGIJA vidi jubilej …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • jubilant — [adj] happy celebrating, doing handsprings*, elated, enraptured, euphoric, excited, exuberant, exultant, exulting, flipping, flying*, glad, gleeful, joyous, overjoyed, pleased, rejoicing, rhapsodic, thrilled, tickled*, triumphal, triumphant;… …   New thesaurus

  • jubilant — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ happy and triumphant. DERIVATIVES jubilance noun jubilantly adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • jubilant — [jo͞o′bə lənt] adj. [L jubilans, prp. of jubilare: see JUBILATE] joyful and triumphant; elated; rejoicing jubilance n. jubilantly adv …   English World dictionary

  • jubilant — adj. jubilant about, at, over (they were jubilant over their victory) * * * at over (they were jubilant over their victory) jubilant about …   Combinatory dictionary

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