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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary fer·vor ETYMOLOGY Middle English fervour, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fervur, from Latin fervor, from fervēre DATE 14th century 1. intensity of feeling or expression booing and cheering with almost equal fervor — Alan Rich 2. intense heat Synonyms: see passion English Etymology fervor mid-14c., "warmth or glow of feeling," from O.Fr . fervor, from L.fervor "a boiling, violent heat, passion," from fervere "to boil" (see brew).http://O.Fr Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged fer·vor \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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