Exulting
[ig-zuhlt] /ɪgˈzʌlt/
verb (used without object)
1.
to show or feel a lively or triumphant joy; rejoice exceedingly; be highly elated or jubilant:
They exulted over their victory.
2.
Obsolete. to leap, especially for joy.
/ɪɡˈzʌlt/
verb (intransitive)
1.
to be joyful or jubilant, esp because of triumph or success; rejoice
2.
(often foll by over) to triumph (over); show or take delight in the defeat or discomfiture (of)
v.
1560s, “to leap up;” 1590s, “to rejoice, triumph,” from Middle French exulter, from Latin exultare/exsultare “leap about, leap for joy,” frequentative of exsilire “to leap up,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + salire “to leap” (see salient (adj.)). The notion is of leaping or dancing for joy. Related: Exulted; exulting.
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