• Ebullition

    Full definition of ebullition

    Noun

    ebullition

    (plural ebullitions)
    1. The act of boiling.
      • 1886, w, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, 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.
    2. A sudden emotional outburst.
      • 1922, w, “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days Chapter 3/6/1, This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.
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