vehement

Meaning

Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Hyphenated as
ve‧he‧ment
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈviː.ə.mənt/
Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“prefix meaning ‘lacking, too little’”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

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