exult (egzult)

i. [= F. exulter = Pg. ex ultar = It. esultare, Sir To. Wouldst thou not be glad to have the niggardly rascally sheep-biter come by some notable shame? Fab . I would exult , man. Shak ., T. N., ii. 5. IMG:content-0971.png:[blocks in formation] O hollow wraith of dying fame, Fade wholly, while the soul exults . Tennyson, In Memoriam, lxxiii. exultance, exultancy (eg-zul'tans, -tan-si), n. [Cf. LL. exsultantia , a leaping up, an attack, exsultan (t-)s, exult an (t-)s, ppr. of exsultare, exult are, leap up: see exultant .] Exultation. Certainly it hath proved scandalous to those without; 2102