effervescence
nounUK /ˌɛf.əˈvɛs.əns/ · US /ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs.əns/
Etymology Borrowed from French effervescence. By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -escence.
1
The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
2
Vivacity.
3
Foment.
- We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.1824, Walter Savage Landor, “George Washington and Benjamin Franklin”, in Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen, volume II, London: […] Taylor and Hessey, […], →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- ineffervescence
- Related terms
- effervesce, effervescent