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ebullient

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9
Pronunciation
/ɪˈbʊliənt/
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/ɪˈbʊliənt/ · /ɪˈbʌliənt/

Definition of ebullient

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
    “The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes”
    “Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons”
    “Boris Johnson, the ebullient editor of the Spectator and Tory MP for Henley, is at the centre of a Scotland Yard inquiry over an allegedly racist article by the columnist Taki which provoked death threats against a leading black lawyer.”
    “But now, as an ebullient Mr. Milei declares his government the most successful in history and assures Argentines they’ll soon collect on the economic revival he pledged would follow the pain, the bar is getting higher even as risks remain.”
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adj

  1. Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
    “The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes”
    “Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons”
    “Boris Johnson, the ebullient editor of the Spectator and Tory MP for Henley, is at the centre of a Scotland Yard inquiry over an allegedly racist article by the columnist Taki which provoked death threats against a leading black lawyer.”
    “But now, as an ebullient Mr. Milei declares his government the most successful in history and assures Argentines they’ll soon collect on the economic revival he pledged would follow the pain, the bar is getting higher even as risks remain.”
  2. (archaic)Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.
  3. (archaic)Causing heat.

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Etymology

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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