noun · uncountable · rare

ebullience

ebul·li·ence

Überschwänglichkeit, Überschwang

A boiling or bubbling upA boiling or bubbling up; an ebullition.

UK/ɪˈbʊl.i.əns/US/ɪˈbʊl.jəns/

» She had lost weight; the "puppy fat" and the ebullience had gone.

Sie hatte abgenommen. Der Babyspeck und die Überschwänglichkeit waren weg.

Meaning

2 senses

(uncountable, usually)A boiling or bubbling up; an ebullition.
(figuratively, uncountable, usually)The quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts.
Überschwänglichkeit, Überschwang

More definitions

overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

Examples

2 sentences

She had lost weight; the "puppy fat" and the ebullience had gone.
deSie hatte abgenommen. Der Babyspeck und die Überschwänglichkeit waren weg.
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She went to the prom with ebullience, as she was to see her beloved Kenkichi.
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Translations

5 languages

Deutsch

By meaning 1

quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts:

Origin

Borrowed from Latin ēbullientem + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the state or condi

Borrowed from Latin ēbullientem + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the state or condition of’). Ēbullientem is the accusative feminine or masculine singular of ēbulliēns (“boiling”), the present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”) (from ē- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + bulliō (“to bubble; to boil”) (from bulla (“bubble; bubble-shaped object”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to blow; to inflate”))) + -ēns.

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