Exult
/ɪɡˈzʌlt/noun
To feel or show triumphant joy.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin exsultāre, which meant “to leap up” or “spring about,” so joy was once imagined as a physical, almost possessed burst of motion.
Etymological Timeline
Latin
Latin
exsultāre
“to leap up, spring about; later, to rejoice greatly”
Classical Latin
Latin
exsultus
“having leaped up; elevated, elated”
Old French
Old French
exulter
“to rejoice greatly, triumph”
Late Middle English
English
exulten
“to rejoice exceedingly”
Modern English
English
exult
“to feel or show triumphant joy”