FERVOR


Meaning of FERVOR in English

ˈfərvər, ˈfə̄və(r, ˈfəivə(r noun

( -s )

Usage: see -or

Etymology: Middle English fervour, from Middle French & Latin; Middle French ferveur, from Latin fervor, from fervēre to boil, glow + -or

1. : intense heat

those deserts … whose … fervors scarce allowed a bird to live — P.B.Shelley

2.

a. : intensity of feeling or expression : passion

rejected communism with as much fervor as they had accepted it — Margaret Marshall

she cried quietly but with fervor — Robert Murphy

specifically : deep or excited interest in or enthusiasm for something

the book has been greeted by Frenchmen with a fervor that no previous book on art ever aroused — George Duthuit

: earnestness

the moral fervor of a reformer

ages of spiritual fervor … in which … men have been unusually excited about their souls — Clive Bell

: zeal

the tackling on both sides attains the fervor of a holy war — New Yorker

b. : an instance of emotional fervor

the almost hysterical fervors of wartime

Synonyms: see passion

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