Saturday 31 March 2012

word of the day:part twenty-eight | ebullient

ebullient

e·bul·lient [ɪˈbʌljənt ɪˈbʊl-]

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

[Latin bullins, bullient-, present participle of bullre, to bubble up : -, ex-, up, out; see ex- + bullre, to bubble, boil.]

ebulliently | adv.
ebullience , ebulliency | n

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