different between effervescent vs lathery

English

Etymology

From French effervescent, from Latin efferv?sc? (“boil up”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??f??v?s?nt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??f??v?s?nt/
• Rhymes: -?s?nt

Adjective

effervescent (comparative more effervescent, superlative most effervescent)

1. (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
2. Vivacious and enthusiastic.

Synonyms

• (giving off bubbles): bubbly, ebullient, sparkling; see also Thesaurus:effervescent

Related terms

• effervesce
• effervescence

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin efferv?sc?ns.

Adjective

effervescent (feminine singular effervescente, masculine plural effervescents, feminine plural effervescentes)

1. effervescent

Related terms

• effervescence

Further reading

• “effervescent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

efferv?scent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of efferv?sc?

English

Etymology

lather +? -y

Adjective

lathery (comparative more lathery, superlative most lathery)

1. Resembling or covered in lather.

   Synonyms: foamy, frothy

   This new shaving cream isn't as lathery as the old stuff: there just aren't as many bubbles to be had.

   • 1824, James Atkinson, “Peer Mahommud; The Moralist,” stanza 51, in The City of Palaces, Calcutta: Government Gazette Press, p. 128,^[1]

     Thus rapidly my little tale advances,

     And now we come to him, who lives to shave!

     The lathery Knight of Razors, not of lances,

     And without question more a fool than knave.

   • 1906, E. Nesbit, The Railway Children, Chapter 7,^[2]

     “Oh, no!” said Bobbie, greatly shocked; “you don’t rub muslin. You put the boiled soap in the hot water and make it all frothy-lathery—and then you shake the muslin and squeeze it, ever so gently, and all the dirt comes out. […] ”

   • 1931, Langston Hughes, “People without Shoes” in I Wonder As I Wander, New York: Hill and Wang, 1993, p. 28,^[3]

     They wash their clothes in running streams with lathery weeds—too poor to buy soap.

   • 1957, James Agee, A Death in the Family, New York: Bantam, Part 1, Chapter 2, p. 26,^[4]

     He cleaned up the basin and flushed the lathery, hairy bits of toilet paper down the water closet.

Translations

Anagrams

• Hartley, earthly, hartely, hartley, heartly, hetaryl