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ar·dour (är′dər)

noun

Brit. ardor

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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ardour Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • chase: It has beauty and worth; it alone can properly reward the ardours of the chase.

Converse of object

  • cool: Into the cold water he went, and then back he came with his ardor well cooled.

Adjective modifier

  • great: Having determined to devote himself to the work of the ministry, he pursued the study of divinity with great ardor for several years.
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Sociology was born of the modern ardor to improve society.

-Small, AlbionW

This isthe land God gave to Andy Stewartöwe have our inheritance. There shall be no ardour, there shall be indifference. There shall not be excellence, there shall be the average. We shall be the intrepid hunters of golf balls.

-A'Ghobhainn

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