effervesce

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Scrabble points
21
Words With Friends
23
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/(US)

Definition of effervesce

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. (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

  1. (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.”
  2. (intransitive)To escape from solution in a liquid in the form of bubbles.
  3. (figuratively, intransitive)To show high spirits.

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Etymology

From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.

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