ELATION

elation, high spirits, lightness

(noun) a feeling of joy and pride

elation

(noun) an exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism; an absence of depression

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

elation (countable and uncountable, plural elations)

An exhilarating psychological state of pride and optimism.

A feeling of joy and pride.

(geometry) A collineation that fixes all points on a line (called its axis) and all lines though a point on the axis (called its center).

Anagrams

• Oltenia, toenail

Source: Wiktionary


E*la"tion, n. Etym: [L. elatio. See Elate.]

Definition: A lifting up by success; exaltation; inriation with pride of prosperity. "Felt the elation of triumph." Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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