effervescent
adjective/ˌefəˈvesnt/
/ˌefərˈvesnt/
- (approving) (of people and their behaviour) excited, enthusiastic and full of energy synonym bubbly
- a warm effervescent personality
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- (of a liquid) having or producing small bubbles of gas synonym fizzy
Word Originlate 17th cent.: from Latin effervescent- ‘boiling up’, from the verb effervescere, from ex- ‘out, up’ + fervescere ‘begin to boil’.
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