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fervidity

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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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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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