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Adjective: effervescent  `e-fur've-sunt
  1. Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
    "effervescent wines"
    - sparkling
     
  2. (of a liquid) giving off bubbles
     
  3. Marked by high spirits or excitement
    "his fertile effervescent mind"
    - bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly

See also: aerated, bubbling, bubbly, carbonated, charged, effervesce, effervescence, effervescing, fizzing, fizzy, foaming, foamy, frothy, lively, spumy

Antonym: noneffervescent

Encyclopedia: Effervescent