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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Jubilant.

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  • Words can have virtually endless meanings from an outright pejorative or epithet, to jubilatory or deftly expressive.

    Spitzer's Whore Should Not Make a Nickel 2008

  • In Prometheus Unbound, the most fervent realization of this type of internalized staging occurs in the final act, a jubilatory anti-masque that illustrates the literal de-masking of an ancien régime and the introduction of a new world order.

    'An assiduous frequenter of the Italian opera': Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound and the opera buffa 2005

  • Stepped out from the room and I did my jubilatory jig and wiggled my receipt and I was probably the happiest person there.

    natinski Diary Entry natinski 2006

  • But Yahoo is a big bite for a single equity firm, the diminished price tag notwithstanding, and joint buyouts are rare in this realm. thrown a few jubilatory office chairs in celebration as Yahoo walked away from what now looks like a tremendously generous offer.

    Ars Technica Anders Bylund 2011

  • But Yahoo is a big bite for a single equity firm, the diminished price tag notwithstanding, and joint buyouts are rare in this realm. thrown a few jubilatory office chairs in celebration as Yahoo walked away from what now looks like a tremendously generous offer.

    Ars Technica Anders Bylund 2011

  • It is difficult to view that time as a selfless act of sacrifice by Pietersen but he is sure it eventually led to the jubilatory scenes at the MCG.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • Meanwhile, the sparkling, gorgeous "My Girls" and the African-tribal, explosively jubilatory "Brother Sport" -- both Panda Bear-fronted tracks -- are standouts.

    Tucson Weekly 2009

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