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Webster 1913 Edition

Fervor

Fer′vor

,
Noun.
[Written also
fervour
.]
[OF.
fervor
,
fervour
, F.
ferveur
, L.
fervor
, fr.
fervere
. See
Fervent
.]
1.
Heat; excessive warmth.
The
fevor
of ensuing day.
Waller.
2.
Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness.
Hooker.
Syn. –
Fervor
,
Ardor
.
Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat. Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions under the image of ebullition, or as pouring themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity, fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is used when we think of anything as springing from a deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the fight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Fervor

FERV'OR

,
Noun.
[L. fervor.]
1.
Heat or warmth; as the fervor of a summer's day.
2.
Heat of mind; ardor; warm or animated zeal and earnestness in the duties of religion, particularly in prayer.

Definition 2024

fervor

fervor

English

Alternative forms

Noun

fervor ‎(countable and uncountable, plural fervors)

  1. (US) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
  2. (US) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
  3. (US) Heat.

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External links

  • fervor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
  • fervor in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfer.wor/, [ˈfɛr.wɔr]

Noun

fervor m ‎(genitive fervōris); third declension

  1. boiling heat
  2. fermenting
  3. ardour, passion, fury
  4. intoxication

Inflection

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative fervor fervōrēs
genitive fervōris fervōrum
dative fervōrī fervōribus
accusative fervōrem fervōrēs
ablative fervōre fervōribus
vocative fervor fervōrēs

References

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin fervōris.

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨɾ.ˈvoɾ/
  • Hyphenation: fer‧vor

Noun

fervor m (plural fervores)

  1. fervour (passionate enthusiasm)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fervōris.

Noun

fervor m ‎(plural fervores)

  1. fervor

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervor ‎(“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere ‎(“to boil, be hot”); see fervent.

Pronunciation

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