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fervor

noun

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Pronunciation: /ˈfɜːvə/ / /ˈfəːvə/ / /ˈfɝ.vɚ/

noun

Etymology: From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).

  1. An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.

    The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.

  2. A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
  3. Heat.