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fer⋅vor

  [fur-ver]
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–noun
1. great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.
2. intense heat.
Also, especially British, fervour.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME fervo(u)r < AF < L fervor heat (see fervent, -or 1 )

Synonyms:
1. ardor, passion, zeal.
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fer·vor   (fûr'vər)   
n.  
  1. Great warmth and intensity of emotion. See Synonyms at passion.
  2. Intense heat.

[Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor, from fervēre, to boil; see bhreu- in Indo-European roots.]
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Fervor

Fer"vor\, n. [Written also fervour.] [OF. fervor, fervour, F. ferveur, L. fervor, fr. fervere. See Fervent.]

1. Heat; excessive warmth.

The fevor of ensuing day. --Waller.

2. Intensity of feeling or expression; glowing ardor; passion; holy zeal; earnestness. --Hooker.

Winged with fervor of her love. --Shak.

Syn: Fervor, Ardor.

Usage: Fervor is a boiling heat, and ardor is a burning heat. Hence, in metaphor, we commonly use fervor and its derivatives when we conceive of thoughts or emotions under the image of ebullition, or as pouring themselves forth. Thus we speak of the fervor of passion, fervid declamation, fervid importunity, fervent supplication, fervent desires, etc. Ardent is used when we think of anything as springing from a deepseated glow of soul; as, ardent friendship, ardent zeal, ardent devotedness; burning with ardor for the fight.
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Language Translation for : fervor
Spanish: fervor,
German: die Inbrunst,
Japanese: 熱情
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fervor 
1340, "warmth or glow of feeling," from O.Fr. fervor, from L. fervor "a boiling, violent heat, passion," from fervere "to boil" (see brew).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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