- giving off gas bubbles; bubbling up; foaming
- lively and high-spirited; vivacious
Origin of effervescent
Classical Latin effervescens, present participle : see effervesce
A glass of effervescent beer.
The definition of effervescent is a liquid that is fizzy or bubbly or someone with a lively personality.
An example of effervescent is a glass of champagne.
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Adjective
(comparative more effervescent, superlative most effervescent)
- (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
- Vivacious and enthusiastic.
Origin
From Latin effervēscō (“boil up”)
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Sentence Examples
- Whether you choose a pill, tablet, effervescent powder or liquid vitamin is up to you, although some preliminary studies indicate that effervescent powders and liquid vitamins are more readily absorbed by the body than pills and tablets.
- Another aspect of Aries that often draws loyal friends to his side is an effervescent personality that not only meets life's challenges, but does so enthusiastically.
- Some people believe liquid vitamins, effervescent vitamins and similar delivery methods for vitamin and mineral supplements provides the body with a readily-absorbed supplement.
- Effervescent soda water is a mild gastric sedative.
- Furnish a highly effervescent water of considerable medicinal and commercial value.
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