[f. as prec. + -ENCY.] Effervescent state or condition; also loosely = prec.
1681. trans. Willis’ Rem. Med. Wks., Voc., Effervency, Effervescency, A being very hot or inflamed.
1686. W. Harris, trans. Lemery’s Course Chym. (ed. 3), Introd. 49. Effervescency, is the Ebullition of a liquor without the separation of its parts.
1767. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, IX. i. 5. Nor did she superinduce the least heat … from the manual effervescencies of devotional tracts.
