ebullient English · revision 2457

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ɪˈbʊliənt/, /ɪˈbʌliənt/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|la|ēbulliēns|t=boiling up]], present participle of [[la|ēbulliō|t=to boil over, bubble out]],^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) [[af|la|ē-|bulliō|t1=out|t2=to bubble, boil]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Boiling, or agitated as if boiling (1599).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Early medical writers used it of bodily humours, drugs and diseases that caused heat and agitation (1620).^(OED 1989) The figurative sense, of feelings or energy bubbling over with enthusiasm, is recorded in 1664,^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) and it is now the usual one.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) The noun ''ebullience'' was formed in 1749.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1599 – boiling, agitated.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1620 – of drugs and diseases, causing heat and agitation.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1664 – overflowing with enthusiasm.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1749 – ''ebullience''.^(Barnhart 1995)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Overflowing with enthusiasm and high spirits.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Boiling or bubbling up.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[ebulliently]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[ebullience]]

+ * [[ebullition]]

+ * [[boil]]

+ * [[bullion]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}