- hot; glowing
- impassioned; fervent
Origin of fervid
Classical Latin fervidus from fervere: see fervent
adjective
- An example of fervid is boiling water; the water was fervid.
- An example of fervid is how César Chávez felt about the civil rights of farm workers; he had fervid emotions.
The definition of fervid is someone or something very hot or passionate.
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fervid
adjective
- Marked by great passion or zeal: a fervid patriot.
- Extremely hot; burning.
Origin of fervid
Latin fervidus from fervēre to boil ; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.Related Forms:
- fer′vid·ly
adverb
- fer′vid·ness
noun
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Adjective
(comparative more fervid, superlative most fervid)
Origin
From Latin fervidus, from ferveō.
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Sentence Examples
- They abound in passages of fervid religious exhortation.
- The latter part of the essay is remarkable for its fervid presentment of the charms of scenery and for vigorous declamation against the follies and a crimes of ambitious men.
- In all its varieties Burke's style is noble, earnest, deep-flowing, because his sentiment was lofty and fervid, and went with sincerity and ardent disciplined travail of judgment.
- Certain features - the high physical courage, the impulsive energy, the fervid imagination - stand out clear; beyond that disagreement begins.
- Of a genuine poetic temperament, fervid and mobile in feeling, and of a prolific fancy, he had also the sense and wit that come of varied contact with men.
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