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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, -id⁴

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—Related forms

fer·vid·i·ty, noun

fer·vid·ly, adverb

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adj.

Marked by great passion or zeal: a fervid patriot.
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

1599, from L. fervidus "glowing, burning, vehement," from fervere "to boil, glow" (see brew). Figurative sense of "impassioned" is from 1656.

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fervid
adjective
1.	characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: ardent]
2.	extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope [syn: fervent]