effervescence
Americannoun
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the quality or fact of being effervescent; bubbliness.
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an instance of being effervescent; something effervescent.
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Explanation
Soda has effervescence. How can you tell? Just look for bubbles. Things that bubble have effervescence. Effervescence derives from French. To pronounce it correctly, say "eff er VES ence." Originally it meant "the action of boiling up," but it has also come to mean "lively," such as the effervescence of someone who has energy and charisma. It is the opposite of flatness, in which things seem slow, dead, or just "off," like all the air — or energy — is gone.
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Example Sentences
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According to Effervescence Media, the readership for What Would Kate Do? is primarily made up of older women, many of them based in the US, who are traditional royalists.
From BBC • Mar. 23, 2018
Effervescence may mean fizz as in English but in French it also means excitement or turmoil, and effervescence often wells up when a regime—often caught completely by surprise—suddenly has to face several different conflicts.
From Newsweek • Jun. 23, 2013
Effervescence doesn’t become a revolution until it’s organized and lead by a party or a person, and then things start to get really serious, and can get really ugly.
From Newsweek • Jun. 23, 2013
Effervescence is not character and every debauch must be paid for in vitality and self-respect.
From Love, Life & Work Being a Book of Opinions Reasonably Good-Natured Concerning How to Attain the Highest Happiness for One's Self with the Least Possible Harm to Others by Hubbard, Elbert
Effervescence is the bubbling up of a gas from a liquid.
From Common Science by Ritchie, John W. (John Woodside)
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