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

Then, as a list of names effervesce to heaven, the 1978 music video for “Don’t Stop Me Now” unfolds on the left side of the screen.

From Washington Post ● Feb. 20, 2019

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

This will effervesce during the time the acid is dissolving the zinc.

From Practical Mechanics for Boys by James Slough Zerbe

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

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

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

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

From "Bronx Masquerade" by Nikki Grimes

Ms. Diefenbach, who was already equipped with a pilot’s license, was sent to the effervescing volcano with a handful of keen colleagues and a small fleet of flying robots.

From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2021

Solid calcite reacts with hydrochloric acid by effervescing or fizzing.

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

Upper Egypt was still in a state of effervescing discontent, and the crimes of the last reign caused it to break into open rebellion.

From The Egypt of the Hebrews and Herodotos by A. H. (Archibald Henry) Sayce