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[ ih-buhl -yuh nt, ih-boo l - ] SHOW IPA
/ ɪˈbʌl yənt, ɪˈbʊl- / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited: The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.
bubbling up like a boiling liquid: ebullient lava streaming down the mountainside.
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Origin of ebullient First recorded in 1590–1600; from Latin ēbullient- (stem of ēbulliēns “boiling up,” present participle of ēbullīre ), equivalent to ē- + bulli- (derivative of bulla “a bubble”) + -ent-; see origin at e-1 , boil1 , -ent
OTHER WORDS FROM ebullient e·bul·lient·ly, adverb non·e·bul·lient, adjective non·e·bul·lient·ly, adverb un·e·bul·lient, adjective Words nearby ebullient EbS, Ebstein's anomaly, Ebstein's sign, EBU, ebullience, ebullient , ebulliometer, ebullioscopy, ebullition, eburnation, eburnitis
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Example sentences from the Web for ebullient As that huge crowd headed back to their buses and cars and trains, the mood was ebullient .
“So Much Hope”: A Reporter Remembers the March on Washington | Hedrick Smith| August 27, 2013| DAILY BEAST
They were ebullient , he remembered, and at one point the new congressman took the reporter aside and sought his counsel.
The Humbling Tragedy of Jesse Jackson Jr. | James Warren| November 21, 2012| DAILY BEAST
Young men in keffiyehs, middle-aged folks with backpacks, and ebullient women marched around the Wall Street Bull.
The Occupy Wall Street Blow-by-Blow | Matthew DeLuca| October 7, 2011| DAILY BEAST
Greenblatt will turn a young 68 in a few months, and the last thing on his ebullient , flitting mind is death.
The Book That Changed the World | Jimmy So| October 7, 2011| DAILY BEAST
An ebullient former accountant with a fondness for bowties, he was known as “Seanie Fitz” to his many social acquaintances.
The Men Who Killed the Economy | Niall Stanage| November 19, 2010| DAILY BEAST
The ebullient kettle kept lifting its lid in growing impatience.
The Pretty Lady | Arnold E. Bennett
It is to be brisk, brief, brave and ebullient —to meet the modification all must reckon with—the screen-trained mind.
The Hive | Will Levington Comfort
Youth should be spontaneous, instinctive, ebullient ; reflection whispers to the growing man.
The Teacher | George Herbert Palmer
We feel bound to ask what is most likely to be the next outlet for Mr. Churchill's ebullient activity.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, November 17, 1920 | Various
Strangely enough the voice, though well-known, seemed to have a sobering effect on all these ebullient tempers.
"Unto Caesar" | Baroness Emmuska Orczy
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British Dictionary definitions for ebullient adjective overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; exuberant
boiling
Derived forms of ebullient ebullience or ebulliency , noun ebulliently , adverb Word Origin for ebullient C16: from Latin ēbullīre to bubble forth, be boisterous, from bullīre to boil 1
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