effervescency
(ɛfəˈvɛsənsɪ)
[f. as prec. + -ency.]
Effervescent state or condition; also loosely = prec.
| 1681 tr. Willis's Rem. Med. Wks. Voc., Effervency, effervescency, a being very hot or inflamed. 1686 W. Harris tr. Lemery's Course Chym. (ed. 3) Introd. 49 Effervescency is the Ebullition of a liquid without the separation of its parts. 1767 Sterne Tr. Shandy IX. i. 5 Nor did she superinduce the least heat..from the manual effervescencies of devotional tracts. |