ebullient

ebullient

English

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“I boil”), from bulliō (“I bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪˈbʊljənt/

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Adjective

ebullient (comparative more ebullient, superlative most ebullient)

1. Enthusiastic; high-spirited.

   Synonym: zestful

   • 1908, Randall, James Ryder, “Ashes”, in Maryland, my Maryland, and other poems, Baltimore, Md.; New York: John Murphy Company, page 45:

     The Spring will come with its ebullient blood, / With flush of roses and imperial eyes

   • 2001, Oates, Joyce Carol, Middle Age: A Romance, paperback edition, Fourth Estate, page 233:

     Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons

   • 2003 February 28, Nick Hopkins, “Spectator and its Tory MP editor may face charges over Taki race rant”, in The Guardian‎, ISSN 0261-3077:

     Boris Johnson, the ebullient editor of the Spectator and Tory MP for Henley, is at the centre of a Scotland Yard inquiry over an allegedly racist article by the columnist Taki which provoked death threats against a leading black lawyer.

2. (literally, of a liquid) Boiling or agitated as if boiling.

   Synonyms: abubble, bubbly; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

Translations

enthusiastic

Bulgarian: разпален (bg) (razpalen), ентусиазиран (bg) (entusiaziran) Dutch: uitgelaten (nl) German: überschwenglich (de), ausgelassen (de) Maori: ngākau hihiko Polish: entuzjastyczny (pl) m Serbo-Croatian: vrckav m, prpošan (sh) m Spanish: entusiasta (es), extático (es), jubiloso (es), alborozado (es)

agitated

Bulgarian: врящ (bg) (vrjašt), кипящ (bg) (kipjašt) Dutch: uitbundig (nl) German: übersprudelnd Hungarian: túláradó (hu) Italian: bollente (it) Maori: kōmingo, irirangi Polish: pobudzony m Russian: взволнованный (ru) (vzvolnovannyj), кипучий (ru) (kipučij) Serbo-Croatian: kipteći m Spanish: bullente (es)

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /eːˈbul.li.ent/, [eːˈbʊlːʲiɛn̪t̪]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈbul.li.ent/, [eˈbulːien̪t̪]

Verb

ēbullient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēbulliō