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Webster 1913 Edition

Ebullient

E-bul′lient

,
Adj.
[L.
ebulliens
,
-entis
, p. pr. of
ebullire
to boil up, bubble up;
e
out, from +
bullire
to boil. See 1st
Boil
.]
Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.
“Ebullient with subtlety.”
De Quincey.
The
ebullient
enthusiasm of the French.
Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ebullient

EBUL'LIENT

,
Adj.
Boiling over, as a liquor.

Definition 2024

ebullient

ebullient

English

Adjective

ebullient ‎(comparative more ebullient, superlative most ebullient)

  1. Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
    • Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
  2. (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling

Synonyms

Translations

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /eːˈbul.li.ent/, [eːˈbʊl.li.ɛnt]

Verb

ēbullient

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēbulliō

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō ‎(“I boil”), from bulliō ‎(“I bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɪˈbʊljənt/

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