adj
Meaning 1
Enthusiastic; high-spirited.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: zestful
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
ebullient
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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adj
Meaning 2
Of a liquid: boiling and bubbling, or agitated as if boiling.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abubble, bubbly, bubblesome, ebullient, effervescent, fizzy, foamy, frothy, gassy, sparkling, sparkly, spumescent
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Causing heat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
joyously unrestrained
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: exuberant, high-spirited
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowing from Latin ēbulliēns, present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”), from bulliō (“to bubble up”) (English boil). Compare bubbling, bubbly, and perky, which use a similar metaphor.
Across languages
Translations
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: entoesiasties — enthusiastic
- Afrikaans: uitbundig — enthusiastic
- Bulgarian: разпален (razpalen) — enthusiastic
- Bulgarian: ентусиазиран (entusiaziran) — enthusiastic
- Dutch: uitgelaten — enthusiastic
- German: überschwenglich — enthusiastic
- German: ausgelassen — enthusiastic
- Māori: ngākau hihiko — enthusiastic
- Norwegian: sprudlende — enthusiastic
- Polish: entuzjastyczny — enthusiastic
- Serbo-Croatian: vrckav — enthusiastic
- Serbo-Croatian: prpošan — enthusiastic
- Spanish: entusiasta — enthusiastic
- Spanish: extático — enthusiastic
- Spanish: jubiloso — enthusiastic
- Spanish: alborozado — enthusiastic
- Bulgarian: врящ (vrjašt) — agitated
- Bulgarian: кипящ (kipjašt) — agitated
- Dutch: uitbundig — agitated
- German: übersprudelnd — agitated
- Hungarian: túláradó — agitated
- Italian: bollente — agitated
- Māori: kōmingo — agitated
- Māori: irirangi — agitated
- Polish: pobudzony — agitated
- Russian: взволнованный (vzvolnovannyj) — agitated
- Russian: кипучий (kipučij) — agitated
- Serbo-Croatian: kipteći — agitated
- Spanish: bullente — agitated