Hector heard entering English hospital department full of enthusiasm (9)
I believe the answer is:
ebullient
'full of enthusiasm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'hector heard entering english hospital department' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'english' could be 'e' (abbreviation) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'hospital department' could be 'ent' and 'ent' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for ebullient that I've seen before include "Libel tune (anag.)" , "Bubbling over with high spirits, animated" , "bright and breezy?" , "cock- a-hoop" , "Bubbling with enthusiasm" .)