fervour

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

Etymology

By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -our (“abstract noun suffix”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor

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