EFFERVESCENT

PRONUNCIATION: (ef-uhr-VES-uhnt)

MEANING: adjective:
1. Lively; animated; vivacious.
2. Bubbling.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin effervescere (to foam up), from ex- (out, up) + fervescere (to start boiling), from fervere (to be hot or to boil). Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhreu- (to boil or to bubble), which also gave us brew, bread, broth, braise, brood, breed, barmy, defervescence, and perfervid. Earliest documented use: 1684.
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E.F. SERVES CENT - Eugene Frances grasps for every penny !

OFFER V. E. SCENT - Would you like to re-experience the aroma of Victory-in-Europe Day, which ended World War Two in the West?

EFFER DESCENT - he who Effs goes down