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Adjective: effervescent  ,e-fu(r)'ve-sunt
  1. (of a liquid) giving off bubbles
    "The effervescent champagne sparkled in the glass"
     
  2. Used of wines and waters; charged naturally or artificially with carbon dioxide
    "effervescent wines";
    - sparkling
     
  3. Marked by high spirits or excitement
    "his fertile effervescent mind";
    - bubbling, frothy, scintillating, sparkly

See also: aerated, bubbling, bubbly, carbonated, charged, effervescing, fizzing, fizzy, foaming, foamy, frizzante, frothy, full of life, lively, spumy, vital

Antonym: noneffervescent

Encyclopedia: Effervescent