Ebullient

//ɪˈbʊliənt// adj

adj ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

    "The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes"

  2. 2
    Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling. archaic
  3. 3
    Causing heat. archaic

    "It is allowed, that Senates and great Councils are often troubled with redundant, ebullient, and other peccant Humours, with many Diſeaſes of the Head and more of the Heart; with ſtrong Convulſions, with grievous Contractions of the Nerves and Sinews in both Hands, but eſpecially the Right; with Spleen, Flatus, Vertigos and Deliriums; with Scrophulous Tumors full of fœtid purulent Matter; with ſower frothy Ructations, with Canine Appetites and Crudeneſs of Digeſtion, beſides many others needleſs to mention."

Adjective
  1. 1
    joyously unrestrained wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
enthusiasticheartyabubbleactiveactivistactivistic

Example

More examples

"Emma is obviously ecstatic with her ebullient expressions after answering something excruciatingly difficult."

Etymology

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

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high spirited

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