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   ebullient

   /ɪˈbʌljənt/

   adjective

   • 1. cheerful and full of energy: "she sounded ebullient and happy"
   • 2. (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling: archaic "misted and ebullient seas"

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘boiling’): from Latin ebullient- ‘boiling up’, from the verb ebullire, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + bullire ‘to boil’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. ebulliently adverb
   • 2. ebulliency noun

   Scrabble Points: 11

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