adjective · rare

ebullient

ebullient · more ebullient · most ebullient

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Enthusiastic; high-spiritedEnthusiastic; high-spirited.

/ɪˈbʊliənt/

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

Meaning

3 senses

Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
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(archaic)Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.
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взволнованныйvzvolnovannyj, кипучийkipučij
(archaic)Causing heat.

More definitions

joyously unrestrained

Examples

2 sentences

Emma is obviously ecstatic with her ebullient expressions after answering something excruciatingly difficult.
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It was like an explosion, an exultation of human voice unchained, ebullient with the love of life, savage in its good-humor.
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Translations

5 languages

Русский

agitated:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

enthusiastic:

agitated:

Origin

Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”), from bulliō (“t

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.

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