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effervescence

effervescence

2 7.4
Bubbling when gas comes out of a liquid, like in fizzy drinks
  • noun
  • /ˌɛfərˈvɛsəns/
  • Specialized
translation icon : efervescencia
  • As I listen, quickly taken by his effervescence, I can almost hear the rapid-fire tap dancing, feel the syncopated rhythms, and see his eager face glisten in the humid Asian heat.
  • permanent effervescence

It means that they cannot give off effervescence.

Examples

  • With a return to support for plurality and the movements, embedded within solidarity for the process of change, there is a permanent effervescence of political visions and aspirations for justice.

    Academic text (2012)

  • Experience moral beauty and collective effervescence and a lot of beauty in nature as well.

  • Lightweight structures of metal and glass were meant to float on the effervescence of the present.

    Academic text (2000)

  • The apparent, though culturally acceptable, contradictions amidst which they lived only reflected the seemingly permanent effervescence of their social situation.

    Academic text (1995)

  • The effervescence in the soda made it refreshing and lively when I took a sip.

  • As the champagne opened, the effervescence created a beautiful display of bubbles rising to the surface.

  • The effervescence of the mineral water tickled my nose with each bubbly sip.

Synonyms

fizz
vseffervescence
3 1.5

The soft hissing sound made by bubbles in a drink

describes the bubbling process rather than the sound it causes
bubbliness
vseffervescence
1 2.3

A quality of having many small bubbles, for example in champagne

describes the active process of bubbling as gas leaves a liquid
frothiness
vseffervescence
1 6.3

A top layer of small bubbles or light foam on a drink

describes the ongoing escape of gas that creates that foam
foaminess
vseffervescence
4.4

The state of having many small bubbles, like on soap or beer

describes the active process of bubbling that produces those small bubbles

Antonyms

stillness
38 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

How Fizzy

froth
14 3.4
foam
37 1.0
effervescence
  • Specialized
2 7.4
bubbling
2.2

Surface Forms

effervescence singular
effervescences plural

Morphology

effervescence = effervescent (transparent) = effervescent + ence

Formed from the adjective 'effervescent' by a standard noun-forming suffix to denote the state or process of bubbling, so the meaning directly follows.

Etymology

The word effervescence comes from Latin parts ef- meaning 'out' and fervescere meaning 'to boil up'. Think of it as 'boiling out', with bubbles rising and leaving a drink. That's why effervescence means the bubbling or fizzing you see in soda or champagne.