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effervescent

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400GRESAT
DEFINITION

used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide

WEBSTER'S 1913

Gently boiling or bubbling, by means of the disengagement of gas

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'effervescere' to boil over

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

The lead came to him naturally, because he was a natural speaker, of a mind both stored and effervescent; and he was genial, interested in every growth of life.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
IN USE

Gas-forming agents in effervescent tablet and powder formulations can also double as a buffering agent, one example being sodium bicarbonate, used in Alka-Seltzer.

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