fervor

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun feelings of great warmth and intensity
  2. noun the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up

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”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

ardor, ardour, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness

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