exultation

[Latin exultatio, exsultatio, from exul to, exsulto =to exult (q. v.); O. French exultation; Sp. exult a cion.] The act or state of exulting; great joy or delight; a feeling of triumph or rapturous delight over any advantage gained or succe achieved. "Hope and exultation succeeded to discontent and dismay."-Macaulay: Hist . Eng ., ch. xiv. ěx-ŭlt-ing, pr . par ., a. & 8. [EXULT.] A. & B. As pr . par . & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The same as EXULTATION (q. v.). ěx-ŭlt-ing-ly, adv . [Eng. exulting ; -ly.] Inan exulting manner; with exultation or triumph. *ěx-un-dāte, v. i . [Lat. exundatus , pa. par. of exundo : ex out, and undo =to rise in waves; und a =a wave.] To overflow. *ex-un-da-tion, s. [Lat. exundatio , from exun dat us , pa. par. of exundo . 1. Lit.: The act of overflowing; an overflow. 2. Fig.: An overflowing abundance. *ex-un-gu-lāte, v. t. [Lat. exungulatus , pa. par. of exungulo: ex out, away, and ungula =a Claw, a hoof, diminutive of unguis a nail, a hoof.] To pare off or remove the nails or other superfluous parts from. *ex-un-gu-lā-tion, s. [English exungul(ate); -ation.] The act of paring the nails or superfluous Works, v. 369.