effervescent, a.
(ɛfəˈvɛsənt)
[ad. L. effervescent-em, f. effervescĕre to effervesce.]
† 1. That is in a state of bubbling heat. Obs.
| 1684 tr. Bonet's Merc. Compit. vi. 180 While the bloud is too effervescent, evacuation is not very proper. |
2. That has the property of rising in bubbles.
| 1875 tr. Ziemssen's Cycl. Med. I. 459 Administer effervescent powders. Mod. The mixture is slightly effervescent. The abuse of effervescent beverages. |
3. fig.
| 1833 Macaulay Walpole's Lett. H. Mann, Essays (1851) I. 285 It was nonsense effervescent with animal spirits and impertinence. 1837 Carlyle Fr. Rev. ii. iii. ii, The old Gaulish and Gaelic Celthood, with its..effervescent promptitude. 1867 Howells Ital. Journ. 67 He had been in that State during its effervescent days. |