fervor

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Scrabble points
12
Words With Friends
13
Letters
6
Pronunciation
/ˈfɜː.və/
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/ˈfɜː.və/ · /ˈfɝ.vɚ/

Definition of fervor

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
    “The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.”
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noun

  1. (US, countable, uncountable)An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
    “The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.”
  2. (US, countable, uncountable)A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
  3. (US, countable, uncountable)Heat.

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Etymology

From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).

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