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Webster 1913 Edition

Ebullient

E-bul′lient

,

Adj.

[L.

ebulliens

,

-entis

, p. pr. of

ebullire

to boil up, bubble up;

e

out, from +

bullire

to boil. See 1st

.]

Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing.

“Ebullient with subtlety.”

De Quincey.

The

ebullient

enthusiasm of the French.

Carlyle.

Webster 1828 Edition

Ebullient

EBUL'LIENT

,

Adj.

Boiling over, as a liquor.