Thursday, November 11, 2010

EBULLIENT

ebullient:

- high-spirited; overflowing with enthusiasm or excitement
- boiling, agitated
- bubbling up like a boiling liquid

Example: Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev attended a session of the Supreme Soviet on Monday and appeared ebullient after last week's victory at a meeting of the Communist Party Central Committee. [Reference: Los Angeles Times, Gorbachev Appears Ebullient at Meeting, June 30, 1987]

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