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ebullient

adj
/ɪˈbʊliənt/

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”), from bulliō (“to bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor.

  1. derived from boil)
  2. derived from ēbulliēns

Definitions

  1. Enthusiastic

    Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

    • The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes
    • Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons
    • Boris Johnson, the ebullient editor of the Spectator and Tory MP for Henley, is at the centre of a Scotland Yard inquiry over an allegedly racist article by the columnist Taki which provoked death threats against a leading black lawyer.

  2. Of a liquid

    Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.

  3. Causing heat.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA