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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 
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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