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ebullient

Flag: gbEnglishOxford New American Dictionary
ebullient /iˈbo͝olyənt, , ɪˈbʊljənt , iˈbəlyənt, ɪˈbəljənt /
▸ adjective
1 cheerful and full of energy:
she sounded ebullient and happy.
2 archaic (of liquid or matter) boiling or agitated as if boiling:
misted and ebullient seas.
– DERIVATIVES
ebulliently ,ebulliency
– 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’.