Meaning of FERVID
| Pronunciation: | | 'furvid
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- [adj] extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope
- [adj] characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
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| | Synonyms: | | ardent, burning(a), fervent, fiery, hot, impassioned, passionate, perfervid, torrid |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.]
1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays.
--Milton.
2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell.
-- {Fer"vid*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vid*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | abandoned, ablaze, afire, ardent, athirst, blazing, boiling, boiling over, breathless, burning, burning with excitement, committed, consumed with desire, cordial, coveting, craving, dedicated, delirious, devoted, devoured by desire, devout, drunk, earnest, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, faithful, febrile, fervent, fevered, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, glowing, hearty, heated, hectic, het up, hot, hot-blooded, hungering, hungry, impassioned, in earnest, in rut, intense, intent, intent on, intoxicated, itching, keen, lively, loyal, mad with lust, on fire, passionate, perfervid, prurient, red-hot, resolute, seething, serious, sexually excited, sincere, spirited, steaming, steamy, thirsting, thirsty, unrestrained, vehement, vigorous, warm, white-hot, zealous |
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