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ebullient
1590s, "boiling," from L.
ebullientem
, prp. of
ebullire
"to spout out, burst out," from
ex-
"out" +
bullire
"to bubble" (see
boil
(v.)). Figurative sense of "enthusiastic" is first recorded 1660s.