effervesce
/ˌɛfəˈvɛs
/verb [no object]
1(Of a liquid) give off bubbles: the waves seemed to effervesce as they swept by...
- You'll remember the sort of thing - drop something volatile in a beaker of acid and watch it whiz round and round, effervescing violently and smelling of bad eggs.
2Be vivacious and enthusiastic: managers are supposed to effervesce with praise and encouragement
Origin
Early 18th century: from Latin effervescere, from ex- 'out, up' + fervescere 'begin to boil' (from fervere 'be hot, boil').
Rhymes
- right of common
- right off the bat
- right of primogeniture
- right of search
- right of way
- right-of-way man
- right on
- right out of the box
- right prismatic
- right-reading
- Right Reverend
- right-sided
- right side tool
- rights issue
- rightsize
- right smart
- rights of man
- right sphere
- right stuff
- right-thinker
- right-thinking
- right to choose
- right-to-die
- right-to-know
- right-to-left