ebullition noun. [ɛbǝ'lɪʃ(ǝ)n, -bʊ-] LME.
[Late Latin ebullitio(n-), from ebullit- pa. ppl stem of ebullire: see EBULLIENT, -ITION.]
1. Medicine. A state of agitation of the bodily humours, ascribed to heat. LME-M18.

2. fig. (now taken as from sense 3). Agitation, commotion; a sudden outburst of war, emotion, etc. M16.
■ S. Johnson Such faults may be said to be ebullitions of genius.
■ W. S. Churchill We expected a certain amount of local ebullition while matters readjusted themselves.

3. lit. Boiling; the bubbling and agitation of a heated liquid. L16.
■ D. Brewster Fluids of easy ebullition.
b. The action of overflowing or rushing out in a state of turbulence; rapid bubbling, effervescence. L16.
■ C. Lyell A great ebullition of gas.

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