ebullience

ebullience
ebullient ADJECTIVE 1) cheerful and full of energy. 2) archaic or literary boiling or agitated as if boiling.
DERIVATIVES ebullience noun ebulliently adverb.
ORIGIN from Latin ebullire 'boil up' .

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  • Ebullience — E*bul lience (?; 106), Ebulliency E*bul lien*cy, n. A boiling up or over; effervescence. Cudworth. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • ebullience — 1749, from L. ebullientem, prp. of ebullire (see EBULLIENT (Cf. ebullient) + ENCE (Cf. ence)). Related: Ebulliency (1670s) …   Etymology dictionary

  • ebullience — [n] enthusiasm agitation, animation, buoyancy, effervescence, effusiveness, elation, excitement, exhilaration, exuberance, exuberancy, ferment, gaiety, high spiritedness, high spirits, liveliness, vitality, vivaciousness, vivacity, zest; concept… …   New thesaurus

  • ebullience — noun the director s ebullience inspires the cast Syn: exuberance, buoyancy, cheerfulness, cheeriness, merriment, jollity, sunniness, jauntiness, lightheartedness, high spirits, elation, euphoria, jubilation; animation, sparkle, vivacity,… …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • ebullience — noun Date: 1749 the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings ; exuberance …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • ebullience — /i bul yeuhns, i bool /, n. 1. high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance. 2. a boiling over; overflow. Also, ebulliency. [1740 50; EBULLI(ENT) + ENCE] * * * …   Universalium

  • ebullience — noun the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings. Syn: exuberance …   Wiktionary

  • ebullience — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. exhilaration, exuberance, high spirits; see enthusiasm 1 …   English dictionary for students

  • ebullience — e·bul·li·ence || ɪ bÊŒljÉ™ns n. excitement, exuberance; bubbling up, overflowing …   English contemporary dictionary

  • ebullience — n.; (also ebulliency) 1. Effervescence, ebullition, boiling over. 2. Bursting forth, overflow, burst, rush, bursting vigor …   New dictionary of synonyms

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