effervescent

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This kind of effervescent, fully charged sense of soup that delivers ideas.

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  1. Effervescing; having the property of effervescence; of a nature to effervesce.

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  • This kind of effervescent, fully charged sense of soup that delivers ideas. —  Ross Lovegrove shares organic designs
  • The blonde was a stereotypic nitwit—effervescent, harebrained, naive. —  AHMM,December2006
  • After the dreadful experience I had partnered up with the ever-effervescent Ralph Parker, I thought Matheson and I had agreed I always work solo Guy Shad. —  Analog SFF, November 2006
  • The report offers a bird's eye view of latest trends and consumer-dictated themes lending growth traction to this effervescent, ever-changing industry. —  PRWeb - Daily News Feed
  • The title track opens the EP with the kind of effervescent lilt and rough chugging beat of Bishop Allen, bobbing behind Tyler Womack's nasally and clipped vocals. —  Austin Sound
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  1. = French effervescent = Spanish efervescente = Portuguese Italian effervescente, from Latin effervescen(t-)s, present participle of effervescere, boil up: see effervesce.
 

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