effervescent

Definitions


[ˌɛfəˈvɛsnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- (of a liquid) giving off bubbles; fizzy
(e.g: an effervescent mixture of cheap wine, fruit flavours, sugar, and carbon dioxide)

- vivacious and enthusiastic
(e.g: effervescent young people)


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Origin:
late 17th century: from Latin effervescent- ‘boiling up’, from the verb effervescere (see effervesce)




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