BUOYANT

a.

3 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Having the quality of rising or floating in a fluid; tending to rise or float; as, iron is buoyant in mercury. "Buoyant on the flood." Pope.

2.
a.

Bearing up, as a fluid; sustaining another body by being specifically heavier. The water under me was buoyant. Dryden.

3.
a.

Light-hearted; vivacious; cheerful; as, a buoyant disposition; buoyant spirits. -- Buoy"ant*ly, adv.


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