abubble

== English == === Etymology === From a- (“in such a state or condition”) +‎ bubble. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈbʌb.l̩/ (US) IPA(key): /əˈbʌb.l̩/ === Adjective === abubble (not comparable) In a state of excitement, agitated activity, or motion. [First attested in the 19th century.] 1885, Alexander Stewart, ’Twixt Ben Nevis and Glencoe, Edinburgh: William Paterson, Chapter 46, p. 337,[1] It was at times as if a score of tiny rainbows of the most brilliant hues were being rapidly interwoven, only to be instantly untwisted again, in order to be rewoven into a newer and still brighter pattern, in and over an acre of sea, all abubble and aboil with the gambols of the frolicsome shoal. Bubbling. ==== Synonyms ==== (bubbling): bubblesome, bubbly, ebullient; see also Thesaurus:effervescent === Adverb === abubble (not comparable) Bubbling over with excitement. [First attested in the mid 20th century.] ==== Related terms ==== bubbly in a bubble === References ===