fervent

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From Middle English < Old French < Latin fervens, ppr. of fervere (to boil, ferment, glow, rage).

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fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

Positive
fervent

Comparative
more fervent

Superlative
most fervent

  1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
  2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
    • 1876, Wilkie Collins, "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels,
      Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!
  3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Second Epistle of Peter, 3:10:
      But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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fervent m. (f. fervente, m. plural fervents, f. plural ferventes)

  1. fervent