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effervescing

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ef·fer·vesce  (fr-vs)
intr.v. ef·fer·vesced, ef·fer·vesc·ing, ef·fer·vesc·es
1. To emit small bubbles of gas, as a carbonated or fermenting liquid.
2. To escape from a liquid as bubbles; bubble up.
3. To show high spirits or animation.
[Latin effervscere : ex-, up, out; see ex- + fervscere, to start boiling, inchoative of fervre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
effer·vescence, effer·vescen·cy n.
effer·vescent adj.
effer·vescent·ly adv.
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Adj.1.effervescing - emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"
bubbling, bubbly, foaming, frothy, spumy, foamy
effervescent - (of a liquid) giving off bubbles


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And suddenly he recalled how they used to go to bed together as children, and how they only waited till Fyodor Bogdanitch was out of the room to fling pillows at each other and laugh, laugh irrepressibly, so that even their awe of Fyodor Bogdanitch could not check the effervescing, overbrimming sense of life and happiness.
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