ebullient

English

Etymology

Borrowing from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] 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/

Adjective

ebullient (comparative more ebullient, superlative most ebullient)

1. Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
   • Marina's oddly ebullient words seemed to come to her slow as balloons. - "Middle Age : A Romance" (2001) by Joyce Carol Oates (Fourth Estate, paperback edition, 233)
2. (of a liquid) boiling or agitated as if boiling

Synonyms

• zestful

Translations

enthusiastic

• Dutch: uitgelaten (nl)
• German: überschwenglich (de), ausgelassen (de)
• Maori: ngākau hihiko
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• 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 Latin) IPA^(key): /eːˈbul.li.ent/, [eːˈbʊlːʲiɛn̪t̪]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /eˈbul.li.ent/, [eˈbulːien̪t̪]

Verb

(deprecated template usage) ēbullient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of ēbulliō