ELATE
What does "ELATE" mean?
To fill someone with great joy or exhilaration.
Meanings
- To make intensely happy or proud; to lift in spirit. The unexpected acceptance letter elated her for days. formal
- Elated; lifted up with joy or pride (archaic). He stood elate at the summit, breath ragged with delight. archaic
Did you know?
- To be elated is, etymologically, to be 'carried up': the word comes from Latin 'elatus', literally lifted off the ground by feeling.
Word origin
From Latin 'elatus' (lifted up, raised high), the irregular past participle of 'efferre' (to carry out, raise), from 'e-' (out) plus 'ferre' (to carry).
Remember it
ELATE = E + LATE; even running LATE can't dampen joy when good news makes you elate.
A little poem
The news arrives and gravity forgets your name;
elate, you walk an inch above the same old frame.
couplet
Wordplay
- I felt elated and elevated at once - turns out both just mean I was carried away.
What it teaches
Joy that elates lifts the feet; the trick is to land without losing the lightness.
Quick facts
What does ELATE mean?
To fill someone with great joy or exhilaration.
Is ELATE a valid word?
Yes — ELATE is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is ELATE?
ELATE has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does ELATE come from?
From Latin 'elatus' (lifted up, raised high), the irregular past participle of 'efferre' (to carry out, raise), from 'e-' (out) plus 'ferre' (to carry).
What can ELATE teach us?
Joy that elates lifts the feet; the trick is to land without losing the lightness.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.