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Ebullient definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

EBUL'LIENT, a. Boiling over, as a liquor.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Latin ebullient-, ebulliens, present participle of ebullire to bubble out, from e- + bullire to bubble, boil — more at boil Date: 1599 1. boiling, agitated 2. characterized by ebullience ; having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm <ebullient performers> <ebullient charm> • ebulliently adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

disp. adj. 1 exuberant, high-spirited. 2 Chem. boiling. Derivatives: ebullience n. ebulliency n. ebulliently adv. Etymology: L ebullire ebullient- bubble out (as E-, bullire boil)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ebullient E*bul"lient, a. [L. ebulliens, -entis, p. pr. of ebullire to boil up, bubble up; e out, from + bullire to boil. See 1st Boil.] Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing. ``Ebullient with subtlety.'' --De Quincey. The ebullient enthusiasm of the French. --Carlyle.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone as ebullient, you mean that they are lively and full of enthusiasm or excitement about something. (FORMAL) ...the ebullient Russian President. ADJ • ebullience His natural ebullience began to return.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. Effervescing, boiling over. 2. Bursting, rushing, outbursting, throbbing, stormy. 3. Over-enthusiastic, over-demonstrative, extravagant.

Moby Thesaurus

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