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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-14/
- Published: 2024-08-07T18:15:22.000Z
- Updated: 2024-08-07T18:15:21.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2024-07-20 04:39

The word for today is…

ebullient (adjective): 

1: boiling, agitated

2: characterized by ebullience : having or showing liveliness and enthusiasm

Source : [Merriam -Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ebullient?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Someone who is ebullient is bubbling over with enthusiasm, so it shouldn't be much of a surprise that ebullient comes from the Latin verb ebullire, which means "to bubble out." When ebullient was first used in the late 1500s its meaning hewed closely to its Latin source: ebullient meant "boiling" or "bubbling," and described things like boiling water and boiling oil instead of someone's bubbly personality. Only later did the word's meaning broaden beyond describing the liveliness of a boiling liquid to encompass emotional liveliness and enthusiasm.

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