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fervent

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fer⋅vent

  [fur-vuhnt]
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–adjective
1. having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a fervent admirer; a fervent plea.
2. hot; burning; glowing.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME (< AF) < L fervent- (s. of fervēns) prp. of fervēre to boil; see -ent

Related forms:
fer⋅vent⋅ly, adverb
fer⋅vent⋅ness, noun

Synonyms:
1. fervid, impassioned, passionate.
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fer·vent   (fûr'vənt)   
adj.  

  1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer.

  2. Extremely hot; glowing.


[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervēns, fervent-, present participle of fervēre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
fer'vent·ly adv., fer'vent·ness n.
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Word Origin & History

fervent 
1340, from L. fervens (gen. ferventis) "glowing," prp. of fervere "to boil, glow," from PIE base *bhreu- (see brew). The figurative sense of "impassioned" is first attested c.1400.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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