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Added 10 October 2026

effervesce

/ˌɛf.əɹˈvɛs/ verb

Latin root: effervescere Wiktionary

verb Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about effervesce at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Become bubbly or frothy or foaming.
The boiling soup was frothing

Origin

From Latin effervescere (“to boil up”). By surface analysis, ef- + Latin ferv- + -esce.

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