ebullience
pronunciation
How to pronounce ebullience in British English:
UK [ɪ'bʊlɪəns]
How to pronounce ebullience in American English:
US [ɪˈbʊljəns, ɪˈbʌl-]
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- Noun:
- overflowing with enthusiasm
Word Origin
- ebullience (n.)
- 1749, from Latin ebullientem (nominative ebulliens) "a boiling, a bursting forth, overflow," present participle of ebullire "to boil over" (see ebullient). Related: Ebulliency (1670s), ebullition (c. 1400).
Example
- 1. Moves from here will largely depend on how keen beijing is to squish property price ebullience further .
- 2. Much of industry 's earlier ebullience was founded on export sales , which made the euro area vulnerable to a global downturn .
- 3. Britain stands at one of those turning-points in its history when the decisions it takes may determine the league it plays in . Its economic ebullience before the recession seemed to disprove those who had long argued that it was fated to inevitable decline .