a. [ad. L. effervescent-em, f. effervescĕre to EFFERVESCE.]
† 1. That is in a state of bubbling heat. Obs.
1684. trans. Bonet’s Merc. Compit., VI. 180/1. While the bloud is too effervescent, evacuation is not very proper.
2. That has the property of rising in bubbles.
1875. trans. Ziemssen’s Cycl. Med., I. 459. Administer effervescent powders.
Mod. The mixture is slightly effervescent. The abuse of effervescent beverages.
3. fig.
1833. Macaulay, Walpole’s Lett. H. Mann, Essays (1851), I. 285. It was nonsense effervescent with animal spirits and impertinence.
1837. Carlyle, Fr. Rev., II. III. ii. The old Gaulish and Gaelic Celthood, with its … effervescent promptitude.
1867. Howells, Ital. Journ., 67. He had been in that State during its effervescent days.
