ebullient

[ ih-buhl-yuhnt, ih-bool- ]

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adjective

overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
bubbling up like a boiling liquid: ebullient lava streaming down the mountainside.

Origin of ebullient

First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ēbullient- (stem of ēbulliēns “boiling up,” present participle of ēbullīre ), equivalent to ē- + bulli- (derivative of bulla “a bubble”) + -ent-; see origin at e-¹, boil¹, -ent

Other words from ebullient

e·bul·lient·ly, adverb
non·e·bul·lient, adjective
non·e·bul·lient·ly, adverb
un·e·bul·lient, adjective

Words Nearby ebullient

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How to use ebullient in a sentence

As that huge crowd headed back to their buses and cars and trains, the mood was ebullient.
“So Much Hope”: A Reporter Remembers the March on Washington | Hedrick Smith | August 27, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Black Oxen is a reminder of the healthy benefits of cynicism, and in retrospect served as an early warning to an ebullient age.
American Dreams, 1923: Black Oxen by Gertrude Atherton | Nathaniel Rich | March 28, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
They were ebullient, he remembered, and at one point the new congressman took the reporter aside and sought his counsel.
The Humbling Tragedy of Jesse Jackson Jr. | James Warren | November 21, 2012 | THE DAILY BEAST
It nonetheless remains no more impossible than a rainbow rising ebullient from the solemn depths of a memorial pool.
A Tale of Two Trees | Michael Daly | November 5, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Young men in keffiyehs, middle-aged folks with backpacks, and ebullient women marched around the Wall Street Bull.
The Occupy Wall Street Blow-by-Blow | Matthew DeLuca | October 7, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST

Strangely enough the voice, though well-known, seemed to have a sobering effect on all these ebullient tempers.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
They are what kings and priests were of old, they who have the power of bridling ebullient energies and turning them to use.
mile Verhaeren | Stefan Zweig
With an ebullient sense of eloquence, of extravagant oratory, I longed for a sympathetic ear.
The Trail of '98 | Robert W. Service
It is to be brisk, brief, brave and ebullient—to meet the modification all must reckon with—the screen-trained mind.
The Hive | Will Levington Comfort
The centres of civilization seethe, as it were, and are ebullient with the agitation of the self-questioning heart.
The Posthumous Works of Thomas De Quincey, Vol. II (2 vols) | Thomas De Quincey

British Dictionary definitions for ebullient

ebullient

/ (ɪˈbʌljənt, ɪˈbʊl-) /

adjective

overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; exuberant
boiling

Origin of ebullient

C16: from Latin ēbullīre to bubble forth, be boisterous, from bullīre to boil 1

Derived forms of ebullient

ebullience or ebulliency, noun
ebulliently, adverb

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