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Definition:1. boiling2. enthusiastic
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Suddenly, and at the same moment, the ebullition ceased, and the compound changed to a dark purple, which faded again more slowly to a watery green.
Robert Louis Stephenson. The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
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There are two ways of clarifying liquids—ebullition and precipitation; one forces the impurities to the surface as scum, the other sends them to the bottom as dregs. The former is the more offensive, and that seems to be our way; but neither is useful if the impurities are merely separated but not removed.
Ambrose Bierce. A Cynic Looks at Life
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Margo Jefferson: "...the blues feeling which always suggests a sort of melancholy—that life is going to play some hard trick along the way—it is perfectly balanced by this kind of insouciance. [Billy Holiday's] terribly witty. Listen to her sing A Fine Romance or any such thing. She's practically ebullient when she sounds in those early things like a horn. She's having the time of her life."
PBS home video. Jazz, episode 5:Swing: Pure Pleasure (@1h:12m:30s) (2000)
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