ebullience

[ ih-buhl-yuh ns, ih-boo l- ]

/ ɪˈbʌl yəns, ɪˈbʊl- /

high spirits; exhilaration; exuberance.

a boiling over; overflow.

Nearby words

Also e·bul·lien·cy.

First recorded in 1740–50; ebulli(ent) + -ence

Related formsnon·e·bul·lience, nounnon·e·bul·lien·cy, noun

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It is this ebullience of youthful energy, this inexhaustible vitality, which is the admiration and despair of his contemporaries.
The Grand Old Man|Richard B. Cook
The spring was stirring everywhere, and Robert raced along, feeling in every vein a life, an ebullience akin to that of nature.
Robert Elsmere|Mrs. Humphry Ward
It is full of remarkable qualities: wit, humour, an ebullience of animal spirits that is Rabelaisian.
Old Familiar Faces|Theodore Watts-Dunton
Until a few years ago the State confined its ebullience in matters educational to the Board Schools.
The Lighter Side of School Life|Ian Hay

For Southeys well known rejoinder to this ebullience of schematism, see Life and Correspondence, ii.
Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2)|Samuel Taylor Coleridge

1749, from Latin ebullientem, present participle of ebullire (see ebullient + -ence). Related: Ebulliency (1670s).