ebullience

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Like so many other readers, I was much engaged by David Foster Wallace's enormous energy, ebullience, and brilliance.

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  • Edeard imagined they needed to be that big to contain his ebullience, he certainly achieved the whole larger than life image effortlessly enough. —  Hamilton, Peter F. - [Void 01] - The Dreaming Void
  • There was something down there that he had not seen at a party convention in the last four Presidentials—an ebullience, a genuine sense of impending victory—and Pete didn't want to lose it. —  Analog March, 1971
  • Early yesterday morning, I was awakened unto a keen sense of ebullience: All's well and enlivened.
  • Picard is concerned at first that Lwaxana's ebullience (to put it politely) will scare off someone from the reclusive society they're about to encounter, but he couldn't be more wrong; Timicin finds her delightful, a happy distraction from his difficult work and impending demise, which makes theirs one of the few single-episode Star Trek love stories that's actually believable. —  TrekToday
  • In a few words, the speculative ebullience is now working in reverse, undermined by the credit markets. —  US Market Commentary from Seeking Alpha
 

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/ikˈbulyəns,yənsi/
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