noun
ebullience
Ebullience (noun) means a surge of boiling or frothing; an ebullition.
noun
1
A surge of boiling or frothing; an ebullition.
"In the end, however, rebellion must exhaust itself. We grow weary of our paltry carnal transports, our ebulliences of defiance, our abortive expeditions to the frontiers of the respectable world."
— David Bentley Hart, Charles Baudelaire: From within the Veil (2016)
2
Lively, cheerful energy that someone shows openly.
"When I first met him in the wee hours of the morning of this very day, I sensed he possessed an ebullience and intelligence that I had not encountered for the longest time."
— Michael Salvatore (2010)
"Although it is invariably urban in its setting, Carnival is bigger than any one city or religion. Its ebullience and dynamism is a natural florescence of dense communities."
— P. D. Smith, History (2012)
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Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ēbullientem + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the state or condition of’). Ēbullientem is the accusative feminine or masculine singular of ēbulliēns (“boiling”), the present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”) (from ē- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + bulliō (“to bubble; to boil”) (from bulla (“bubble; bubble-shaped object”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to blow; to inflate”))) + -ēns.
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What is the meaning of ebullience?
"ebullience" (noun) means a surge of boiling or frothing; an ebullition.
What is another word for ebullience?
Other words for "ebullience" include enthusiasm, exuberance.
What are the different meanings of ebullience?
"ebullience" has 2 main meanings: 1. A surge of boiling or frothing; an ebullition; 2. Lively, cheerful energy that someone shows openly.
