Effervescent definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary EFFERVES'CENT, a. Gently boiling ... artificially with carbon dioxide; "sparkling wines"; "sparkling water" [syn: sparkling, effervescent] [ant: noneffervescent, still] 2: (of a liquid) giving off bubbles ... noneffervescent] 3: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly] Merriam Webster's adjective see effervesce Webster's 1913 Dictionary Effervescent Ef`fer*ves"cent, a. [L. effervescences, p. pr. of effervescere: cf. F. effervescent.] Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement ...
... hissing sound. WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005) n 1: an effervescent beverage (usually alcoholic) v 1: become bubbly or frothy or ... 1. a. a hissing sound b. spirit, liveliness 2. an effervescent beverage • fizzy adjective Oxford Reference Dictionary v. & n. --v.intr ... drink) make bubbles; effervesce. --n. 1 effervescence. 2 colloq. an effervescent drink, esp. champagne. Etymology: imit. Webster's 1913 Dictionary Fizz ...
... adj 1: marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders" [syn: bubbling, effervescent, frothy, scintillating, sparkly] 2: having brief brilliant points or flashes ...
... 2005) n 1: a white soluble compound (NaHCO3) used in effervescent drinks and in baking powders and as an antacid [syn ... an antacid, cleaner, and deodorizer, it is used in manufacturing effervescent salts and beverages and baking powder. Industrial uses include production ...
... gas escapes 2. to show liveliness or exhilaration • effervescence noun • effervescent adjective • effervescently adverb Oxford Reference Dictionary v.intr. 1 give ... person) be lively or energetic. Derivatives: effervescence n. effervescency n. effervescent adj. Etymology: L effervescere (as EX-(1), fervere be hot ...
... soda, caustic soda. 2 (in full soda water) water made effervescent by impregnation with carbon dioxide under pressure and used alone ... orig. made with sodium bicarbonate). 3 esp. US a sweet effervescent drink. Phrases and idioms: soda bread bread leavened with baking ...
... forming adjectives denoting the beginning of a state or action (effervescent; fluorescent). Derivatives: -escence suffix forming nouns. Etymology: from or after ... Latin.] A suffix signifying beginning, beginning to be; as, adolescent, effervescent, etc.
... Phrases and idioms: black ginger unscraped ginger. ginger ale an effervescent non-alcoholic clear drink flavoured with ginger extract. ginger beer an effervescent mildly alcoholic cloudy drink, made by fermenting a mixture of ...