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Grammar : Noun
Spell : ih-buhl-yuh ns, ih-boo l-
Phonetic Transcription : ɪˈbʌl yəns, ɪˈbʊl-



Definition of ebullience

Origin :
  • 1749, from Latin ebullientem, present participle of ebullire (see ebullient + -ence). Related: Ebulliency (1670s).
  • noun enthusiasm
Example sentences :
  • It is this ebullience of youthful energy, this inexhaustible vitality, which is the admiration and despair of his contemporaries.
  • Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
  • The spring was stirring everywhere, and Robert raced along, feeling in every vein a life, an ebullience akin to that of nature.
  • Extract from : « Robert Elsmere » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • For Southeys well known rejoinder to this ebullience of schematism, see Life and Correspondence, ii.
  • Extract from : « Letters of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Vol. I (of 2) » by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
  • It is full of remarkable qualities: wit, humour, an ebullience of animal spirits that is Rabelaisian.
  • Extract from : « Old Familiar Faces » by Theodore Watts-Dunton
  • This was a bit of his clowning humor, a purely manufactured and as it were mechanical joke or ebullience of soul.
  • Extract from : « Twelve Men » by Theodore Dreiser
  • Until a few years ago the State confined its ebullience in matters educational to the Board Schools.
  • Extract from : « The Lighter Side of School Life » by Ian Hay

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