ebullience

noun

: the quality of lively or enthusiastic expression of thoughts or feelings : exuberance

Examples of ebullience in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The Willie Mays people will remember will be the graceful athlete whose ebullience and personality helped the game and the nation. Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2024 This movie and Melancholia came out back-to-back, letting Dunst trade her signature ebullience for something much rawer. Matthew Jacobs, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2024 By pumping up the Fall-Winter season with some quintessential New Yorker’s ebullience, Hilfiger — a mainstay of the American fashion complex — made a case for optimism. Nick Remsen, CNN, 13 Feb. 2024 Describing the warm, fuzzy optimism of an Idles record requires only the most pretentious adjectives — ebullience, exultation, jubilation — words that Idles frontman Joe Talbot would likely laugh at heartily before offering a pint to anyone who said them. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 15 Feb. 2024 See all Example Sentences for ebullience 

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Word History

First Known Use

1749, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of ebullience was in 1749

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“Ebullience.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebullience. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.

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