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English Dictionary: ebullient by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ebullient
adj
  1. joyously unrestrained [syn: ebullient, exuberant, high-spirited]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ebullient \E*bul"lient\, a. [L. ebulliens, -entis, p. pr. of
      ebullire to boil up, bubble up; e out, from + bullire to
      boil. See 1st {Boil}.]
      Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or
      excitement, as of feeling; effervescing. [bd]Ebullient with
      subtlety.[b8] --De Quincey.
  
               The ebullient enthusiasm of the French.   --Carlyle.
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