ebullience

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪˈbʊljəns/ UK /ɪˈbʌljəns/ See IPA manual

noun

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1

noun
the quality of being cheerful and full of energy

Her ebullience filled the room the moment she arrived.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the quality of being... exuberance enthusiasm vivacity buoyancy effervescencehigh-spiritednesszest

Opposites

apathy lethargy gloom despondency

Word family

Related forms ebullientebullientlyebullition

Etymology

From Latin ēbullientem ('boiling up, bubbling'), present participle of ēbullīre ('to boil up'), from ex- ('out') + bullīre ('to bubble, boil').

ēbullīre Latin bullīre Latin bulla Latin

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# ebullience

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** ɪˈbʊljəns
**IPA (UK):** ɪˈbʌljəns

## Meanings
1. the quality of being cheerful and full of energy

## Examples
- Her ebullience filled the room the moment she arrived.

## Synonyms
- exuberance
- enthusiasm
- vivacity
- buoyancy
- effervescence
- high-spiritedness
- zest

## Antonyms
- apathy
- lethargy
- gloom
- despondency

## Related Forms
- ebullient
- ebulliently
- ebullition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: ēbullīre
- Root: bullīre
- Root: bulla

## Etymology
From Latin ēbullientem ('boiling up, bubbling'), present participle of ēbullīre ('to boil up'), from ex- ('out') + bullīre ('to bubble, boil').

## AI Etymology
Ebullience is from Latin ēbullientem ('boiling up, bubbling'), present participle of ēbullīre ('to boil up'), from ex- ('out') + bullīre ('to bubble, boil'). The ancestry passes through Latin ēbullīre, Latin bullīre, and Latin bulla. The prefix ex- contributes outward motion or emergence in Latin formations, helping to explain the word's surface structure. In present use as a noun, it means "the quality of being cheerful and full of energy", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include ebullient, ebulliently, and ebullition.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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