fervor

Meaning

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

Frequency

35k
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈfɝvɚ/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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