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effervescence

effervescence

2 7.4
Bubbling when gas comes out of a liquid, like in fizzy drinks
  • noun
  • /ˌɛfərˈvɛsəns/
  • Specialized
: 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
4 1.5

The soft hissing sound made by bubbles in a drink

describes the bubbling process rather than the sound it causes
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
1 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
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

Antonyms

35 3.5

A time of complete quiet and no movement that feels calm

How Fizzy

froth
9 3.4
foam
73 1.0
effervescence
  • Specialized
2 7.4
bubbling
7 2.2

Surface Forms

effervescence singular

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.