effervescent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: effervescent	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for effervescent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
effervescent adj used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" Synonym(s): sparkling, effervescent Antonym(s): noneffervescent, still (of a liquid) giving off bubbles Antonym(s): noneffervescent marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" Synonym(s): bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Effervescent \Ef`fer*ves"cent\, a. [L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas