fervidity

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fer⋅vid

[fur-vid]

–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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Word Origin & History

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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