ebullient

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  1. adjective Zestfully enthusiastic.
  2. adjective Boiling or seeming to boil; bubbling.

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  • As we walked up Lexington Avenue, she was warm, ebullient, quiet, pensive, the emotional stances spinning as usual, but flowing from her in an intimate manner that had her I'd call it "in contact," as she hadn't been for ages. —  Buried Alive, The Biography of Janis Joplin
  • The mood was ebullient, and Apepi sent for the tracker who had returned from the hills to report. —  Warlock
  • Even his dogs had grown less ebullient, drawing closer, stopping frequently to lift noses to the air. —  Ice Hunt
  • Right after we made the fish. —  The Zero
  • He was ebullient, clearly pleased with himself. —  The Skrayling Tree
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Latin ēbulliēns, ēbullient-, present participle of ēbullīre, to bubble up : ē-, ex-, up, out; see ex- + bullīre, to bubble, boil.

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  1. from Latin ebullien(t-)s, present participle of ebullire, boil out or up, from e, out, + bullire, boil: see boil, v.
 

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