Ebullient /(?)/

E·bul·lient

Ebullient

a.

[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.
The ebullient enthusiasm of the French.
— Carlyle.

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