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effervescent

adjective
ef·​fer·​ves·​cent | \ ËŒe-fÉ™r-ˈve-sᵊnt How to pronounce effervescent (audio) \

Definition of effervescent

1 : having the property of forming bubbles : marked by or producing effervescence an effervescent beverage effervescent salts an effervescent tablet
2 : marked by or expressing an appealingly lively quality an effervescent person/personality a song with an effervescent melody She was a marvel with the press: fresh, direct, effervescent.— Bruce Anderson Conditions being as they were at Brinkley Court … I hadn't expected the evening meal to be particularly effervescent. Nor was it. Silent. Sombre. The whole thing more than a bit like Christmas dinner on Devil's Island.— P. G. Wodehouse

Other Words from effervescent

effervescently adverb
Ultimately, it was quite remarkable what this routine, nonstop sports vacation had done for this effervescently fit sportsman. — Curry Kirkpatrick

First Known Use of effervescent

1833, in the meaning defined at sense 2

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