About The Word Fervid
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Fervid
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What's The Definition Of Fervid?
[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" Synonyms | Synonyms for Fervid: ardent | burning(a) | fervent | fiery | hot | impassioned | passionate | perfervid | torrid Related Terms | Find terms related to Fervid: 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 See Also | Fervid In Webster's Dictionary \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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