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EBULLIENCE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ebullience mean? 

EBULLIENCE (noun)
  The noun EBULLIENCE has 1 sense:

1. overflowing with eager enjoyment or approvalplay

  Familiarity information: EBULLIENCE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EBULLIENCE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ebullience; enthusiasm; exuberance

Hypernyms ("ebullience" is a kind of...):

life; liveliness; spirit; sprightliness (animation and energy in action or expression)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ebullience"):

lyricism (unrestrained and exaggerated enthusiasm)

madness; rabidity; rabidness (unrestrained excitement or enthusiasm)

Derivation:

ebullient (joyously unrestrained)


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