fervourless

English

Alternative forms

• fervorless (US)

Etymology

From fervour +‎ -less.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈfəːvələs/

Adjective

fervourless (comparative more fervourless, superlative most fervourless)

1. Without fervour.
   • 1900, Thomas Hardy, The Darkling Thrush:

     The ancient pulse of germ and birth
     Was shrunken hard and dry,
     And every spirit upon earth
     Seemed fervourless as I.

   • 1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 26:

     She had accepted her husband's faith after a fervourless girlhood from a mixture of reasons badly thought out.