effervesce

American  

[ef-er-ves] / ˌɛf ərˈvɛs /

verb (used without object)

effervesced, effervescing

1. to give off bubbles of gas, as fermenting liquors.

2. to issue forth in bubbles.

3. to show enthusiasm, excitement, liveliness, etc..

   The parents effervesced with pride over their new baby.

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effervesce British  

/ ˌɛfəˈvɛs /

verb

1. (of a liquid) to give off bubbles of gas

2. (of a gas) to issue in bubbles from a liquid

3. to exhibit great excitement, vivacity, etc

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Other Word Forms

• effervescence
  noun
• effervescible
  adjective
• effervescingly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of effervesce

1695–1705; < Latin effervēscere, equivalent to ef- ef- + ferv- hot ( see fervent) + -ēscere -esce

Explanation

When things effervesce, they fizz and froth like a carbonated drink. Champagne is a well known sweet wine that effervesces. Anything that bubbles in a foamy, frothy way can be said to effervesce. Soda poured over ice in a glass effervesces, and waves on a beach sometimes effervesce as they break, leaving tiny bubbles on the sand. Things that are bubbly or carbonated are effervescent — and both words come from a Latin root, effervescere, "to boil up or boil over," combining ex, "out," and fervescere, "begin to boil."

Example Sentences

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effervesce effervesced effervescing

DiDonato’s vibrato, which oscillates so quickly it seems to effervesce, is built for highly ornamented Baroque melodies.

From New York Times ● Apr. 24, 2022

Wodehouse, whose accounts of upper-class twits effervesce with smile-inducing similes: “She came leaping towards me, like Lady Macbeth coming to get first-hand news from the guest-room.”

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2021

But watching Alexandra Socha effervesce her way through the madcap “Look What Happened to Mabel” number in the Encores! revue “Hey, Look Me Over!” put me firmly in the when’s-it-gonna-happen camp.

From New York Times ● Dec. 21, 2018

We’re excited for two more, by the end of which Slate will likely be published on thin wafers that effervesce into provocative arguments on your tongue.

From Slate ● Jun. 24, 2016

For bodies of different natures, very easily effervesce upon being blended together.

From Medica Sacra or a Commentary on on the Most Remarkable Diseases Mentioned in the Holy Scriptures by Mead, Richard

The waters effervesced like the 1920s themselves, but the solemn weight of the Depression evidently closed its doors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 28, 2021

Sentiments like that had effervesced online for weeks.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2016

Some bemoaned the “pompous VCs,” “sycophantic politicians,” the Silicon Valley tourists, the startups that attracted eyeballs and wads of cash sans business models and, well, the $3 trillion that effervesced on the Nasdaq.

From Forbes ● May 27, 2011

Charles Simonyi was the chief architect of Microsoft. $3,000,000,000,000 Wiser By Larry Keeley After $3 trillion effervesced away on the Nasdaq, it is good to ask what we now know.

From Forbes ● May 27, 2011

It popped up at the most inconvenient times, effervesced in all my rhymes.

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

For decades, when not effervescing over royal weddings and births, the tabloids have castigated the royals as lazy, frumpy, dissipated or self-indulgent.

From New York Times ● May 1, 2018

Recall that hydrochloric acid reacts by effervescing with limestone rock made of calcite, which is calcium carbonate.

From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2017

But I suppose that now, were he with us, he might use the expression to refer to the little bubbles that are effervescing everywhere.

From Forbes ● Sep. 8, 2014

Or should we channel its effervescing language ability in other directions?

From Salon ● Sep. 12, 2012

Still, stil, adj. silent: motionless: calm, subdued: not sparkling or effervescing: constant.—v.t. to quiet: to silence: to appease: to restrain.—adv. always, constantly: nevertheless, for all that: even yet: after that.—n. calm.—n.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various