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fer⋅vid

  [fur-vid]
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–adjective
1. heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.
2. burning; glowing; intensely hot.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L fervidus boiling. See fervent, -id 4

Related forms:
fer⋅vid⋅i⋅ty, noun
fer⋅vid⋅ly, adverb
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fer·vid   (fûr'vĭd)   
adj.  
  1. Marked by great passion or zeal: a fervid patriot.
  2. Extremely hot; burning.

[Latin fervidus, from fervēre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
fer'vid·ly adv., fer'vid·ness n.
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Fervid

Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See Fervent.]

1. Very hot; burning; boiling.

The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays. --Milton.

2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.

The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell. -- Fer"vid*ly, adv. -- Fer"vid*ness, n.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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fervid 
1599, from L. fervidus "glowing, burning, vehement," from fervere "to boil, glow" (see brew). Figurative sense of "impassioned" is from 1656.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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