EXULT
What does "EXULT" mean?
To feel or show triumphant, lively joy.
Meanings
- To rejoice greatly, especially in triumph. The fans exulted as the final whistle blew. formal
- To take open, often boastful, delight in another's defeat. It is bad form to exult over a beaten opponent. formal
Did you know?
- 'Exult' literally means 'to leap up', from Latin 'salire' (to leap) - the same root that named the salmon for its jumps and lives on in 'somersault'.
Word origin
From Latin 'exsultare' meaning 'to leap up, spring, rejoice', a frequentative of 'exsilire' (to leap out), from 'ex-' (out, up) plus 'salire' (to leap).
Remember it
EXULT sounds like 'exalt' but ends in a leap: U-L-T, you leap UP with joy.
A little poem
The whistle, then no breath-
ten thousand strangers leap as one
and forget their names.
haiku
Wordplay
- The salmon exulted at clearing the waterfall - which was fitting, since 'exult' literally means to leap, and that fish wrote the book on it.
What it teaches
Exult in your wins out loud, but never over someone's loss; joy that needs a victim is small joy.
Quick facts
What does EXULT mean?
To feel or show triumphant, lively joy.
Is EXULT a valid word?
Yes — EXULT is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is EXULT?
EXULT has 5 letters and 2 syllables.
Where does EXULT come from?
From Latin 'exsultare' meaning 'to leap up, spring, rejoice', a frequentative of 'exsilire' (to leap out), from 'ex-' (out, up) plus 'salire' (to leap).
What can EXULT teach us?
Exult in your wins out loud, but never over someone's loss; joy that needs a victim is small joy.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.