effervesce
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 21
- Words With Friends
- 23
- Letters
- 10
/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/(US)
Definition of effervesce
3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
verb
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(intransitive)To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
“After some remonstrances, she takes up a champagne bottle, but is frightened by the sudden explosion of the cork, and drops it upon the floor. There the untasted liquor effervesces.”
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verb
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(intransitive)To emit small bubbles of dissolved gas; to froth or fizz.
“After some remonstrances, she takes up a champagne bottle, but is frightened by the sudden explosion of the cork, and drops it upon the floor. There the untasted liquor effervesces.”
- (intransitive)To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
- (figuratively, intransitive)To show high spirits.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.
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