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ebullient(dictionary)

ebullient (iou)



ebullient adjective. L16.
[Latin ebullient- pres. ppl stem of ebullire boil up, from e- E- + bullire BOIL verb: see -ENT.]
Boiling; agitated as if boiling. L16.
G. P. Scrope Lava in a liquid and ebullient state.
Of the bodily humours: hot, effervescent, agitated. E17-M18.
E. Young They scarce can swallow their ebullient spleen.
(The usual sense.) Bubbling over with enthusiasm or excitement; exuberant. M17.
W. Holtby Leaping, slavering, wild, restless, beautiful, ebullient dog. S. Naipaul The atmosphere..was as ebullient and as joyous as a Civil Rights rally in the early 1960s.
ebulliently adverb L19.