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Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
e·bul·lient       [i-buhl-yuhnt, i-bool-] Pronunciation Key
–adjective
1.overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
2.bubbling up like a boiling liquid.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < L ébullient- (s. of ébulliéns boiling up, prp. of ébullīre), equiv. to é- e- + bulli- (deriv. of bulla a bubble) + -ent- -ent]

—Related forms
e·bul·lient·ly, adverb
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e·bul·lient       (ĭ-bŏŏl'yənt, ĭ-bŭl'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.  
  1. Zestfully enthusiastic.
  2. Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.


[Latin ēbulliēns, ēbullient-, present participle of ēbullīre, to bubble up : ē-, ex-, up, out; see ex- + bullīre, to bubble, boil.]

e·bul'lient·ly adv.
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ebullient 
1599, "boiling," from L. ebullientem, prp. of ebullire "to spout out, burst out," from ex- "out" + bullire "to bubble" (see boil (v.)). Figurative sense of "enthusiastic" is first recorded 1664.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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ebullient

adjective
joyously unrestrained 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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