fervor
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noun \ˈfər-vər\Definition of FERVOR
1
: intensity of feeling or expression <booing and cheering with almost equal fervor — Alan Rich>
2
: intense heat
See Examples of FERVOR
- The fervor surrounding her campaign continued right through election day.
- The novel captures the revolutionary fervor of the period.
- As Nina has grown more observant, Andras has become distanced from her. Her religious fervor doesn't interest him. Coming to tradition late, Nina has all the pedantry of an autodidact. Her strivings seem inauthentic to Andras, and not at all spiritual. —Allegra Goodman, Kaaterskill Falls, 1998
- Certainly being the son of a pastor had contributed to Vincent's religiosity, but in time even his father was disturbed by the growing intensity of his son's fervor. —Michael Kimmelman, New York Times Book Review, 12 Aug. 1990
- In her renewed fervor, Norma fears that the past decade has turned women inward, away from one another, and away, too, from the notion that solidarity among women is ultimately a source of personal strength. —Anita Shreve, New York Times Magazine, 6 July 1986
- Reciting, her voice took on resonance and firmness, it rang with the old fervor, with ferocity even. —Eudora Welty, One Writer's Beginnings, 1983
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Origin of FERVOR
Middle English fervour, from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French fervur, from Latin fervor, from fervēre (see fervent)
First Known Use: 14th century
Related to FERVOR
- Synonyms
- ardency, emotion, enthusiasm, fervency, fervidness, ardor, fire, heat, intenseness, intensity, passion, passionateness, vehemence, violence, warmth, white heat
See Synonym Discussion at passion
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