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effervescent

/ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt/

C1CEFR level
50/100Rarity: uncommon
LiteraryRegister

General adjective

Bubbly, lively and full of energy.

Her effervescent welcome put the whole room at ease.

Similar: bubbly, vivacious

Origin: Latin effervescere ‘to boil up’.

Topic: Emotion in General English

Medicine adjective

Denoting a tablet that dissolves with bubbling to make a drink.

Drop the effervescent tablet into a glass of water and drink it once it stops fizzing.

Topic: Pharmacy in Medical English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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