ebullient

[ ih-buhl-yuhnt, ih-bool- ]

adjective

1. overflowing with fervor, enthusiasm, or excitement; high-spirited:

   The award winner was in an ebullient mood at the dinner in her honor.

2. bubbling up like a boiling liquid:

   ebullient lava streaming down the mountainside.

ebullient

/ ɪˈbʌljənt; ɪˈbʊl- /

adjective

1. overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement; exuberant
2. boiling

Derived Forms

• eˈbulliently, adverb
• eˈbullience, noun

Other Words From

• e·bullient·ly adverb
• none·bullient adjective
• none·bullient·ly adverb
• une·bullient adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of ebullient¹

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-; e- ¹, boil ¹( def ), -ent

Word History and Origins

Origin of ebullient¹

C16: from Latin ēbullīre to bubble forth, be boisterous, from bullīre to boil ¹

Example Sentences

Mr McEwan, who led the funeral for Salmond’s father Robert in 2017, said that while Salmond was ebullient and confident in public, he was also a "remarkable people person" who "cared about ordinary folk".

From BBC

Mel’s ebullient personality lifts people’s spirits as she drives between gates and terminals, and her vast trove of knowledge about the world places them at ease in the moments before they board their planes.

From Salon

They scored their first major hit with Mas Que Nada, a sun-kissed cover of a Jorge Ben original, full of finger clicks, shimmying shakers and an ebullient chorus that sings of the urge to dance.

From BBC

The 6,000-seat YouTube audience was especially appreciative of the 1990 hit “Stop!,” which rages with the ferocity of a car crash, and the rousing “Mountain Song,“ one of Jane’s most ebullient tracks, the Farrell- and Avery-penned song apparently the first-ever written by the band in 1985.

From Los Angeles Times

And then, in one of the wildest and fastest political reversals in living memory, the president ended his reelection campaign, and Democrats rallied instantaneously around a suddenly ebullient Vice President Kamala Harris, who has been barnstorming with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in front of massive and amped-up crowds that are making her opponents sad and conspiratorial.

From Slate

Related Words

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