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Fervor

//ˈfɜː.və// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor. US, countable, uncountable

    "The coach trains his water polo team with fervor."

  2. 2
    feelings of great warmth and intensity wordnet
  3. 3
    A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. US, countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up wordnet
  5. 5
    Heat. US, countable, uncountable

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.

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