effervescence
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French effervescence.
Noun
effervescence (countable and uncountable, plural effervescences)
- The escape of gas from solution in a liquid, especially the escape of carbon dioxide from a carbonated drink.
- Vivacity.
- Foment.
- Landor
- We are in the habit of calling those bodies of men anarchal which are in a state of effervescence.
- Landor
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Translations
the escape of gas from solution in a liquid
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French
Etymology
From Latin effervescens (effervescent) and suffix -ence.
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Further reading
- “effervescence” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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