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Effervescent

adjective

Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide. Synonym: sparkling. "Sparkling water"

(of a liquid) giving off bubbles.

Marked by high spirits or excitement. Synonyms: bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly. "Scintillating personality" , "A row of sparkly cheerleaders"

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Etymology of 'Effervescent'

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"Effervescent" Quotes from Famous Books

... eyelashes' laugh, a breathing pearl. There the young chief of the animals wore A likeness to heavenly hosts, unaware Of his love of himself; with the hours at leap. In a dingle away from a rutted highroad, Around him the earliest throstle and merle, Our human smile between milk and sleep, Effervescent of Nature he crowed. Fair was that season; furl over furl The banners of blossom; a dancing floor This earth; very angels the clouds; and fair Thou on the tablets of forehead and breast: Careless, a centre of vigilant care. Thy mother ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... Fraenkel silent thought, I imagine, is not a habit. With her to think is to speak. The effervescent enthusiasm of her nature makes speech indispensable. I do not believe that, during the two-and-a-half-hour recital of Mr. Carville, Miss Fraenkel had any coherent thoughts. More than any other women the American ...

— Aliens • William McFee

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