Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Zestful enthusiasm.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A boiling over; a bursting forth; overflow.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A boiling up or over; effervescence.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the quality of
lively orenthusiastic expression of thoughts and feelings.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval
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Examples
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While such potential ebullience is a concern to Inter their worldlywise squad usually prevails.
Inter's Rafael Benítez uses 'milk' analogy to turn sour on Liverpool Kevin McCarra in Milan 2010
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And any blogger who uses the word ebullience is worthy of a nomination in my book.
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"Tigger-like ebullience" is my fave new phrase, combining the vocabulary of a dandy with the inculturation of a nine-year-old.
Whirled Con 2: Inna The Blue!!!! Hal Duncan 2005
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It was shortly before July Fourth and we'd never met, so her ebullience was a happy surprise.
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Yet beneath all the ebullience was a combination of determination and psychological acuity, as well as the discipline of a trained physicist and political skills honed in the years he had spent rising to the top of the Socialist Party and serving in several ministries of the Spanish government, including that of foreign affairs.
The Great Experiment Strobe Talbott 2008
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The ebullience is a fiery joy, especially as the winter sun descends.
SFGate: Top News Stories John King 2010
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His ebullience was a far cry from last week, when the quiet but stubborn premier threatened to dissolve parliament and call new elections if PASOK fared badly.
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His ebullience was a far cry from last week, when the quiet but stubborn premier threatened to dissolve parliament and call new elections if PASOK fared badly.
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His ebullience was a far cry from last week, when the quiet but stubborn premier threatened to dissolve parliament and call new elections if PASOK fared badly.
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This head of state doesn't seem to have any trouble crushing "ebullience" now.
Laurent Gbagbo: Democratic martyr turned dictator | David Smith 2010
Prolagus commented on the word ebullience
Beauty is excrescence, superabundance, random ebullience, and sheer delightful waste to be enjoyed in its own right.
(Donald Culross)
March 23, 2008