fervid
pronunciation
How to pronounce fervid in British English:
UK [ˈfɜ:vɪd]
How to pronounce fervid in American English:
US [ˈfɜrvɪd]
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- Adjective:
- characterized by intense emotion
- extremely hot
Word Origin
- fervid (adj.)
- 1590s, "burning, glowing, hot," from Latin fervidus "glowing, burning; vehement, fervid," from fervere "to boil, glow" (see brew (v.)). Figurative sense of "impassioned" is from 1650s. Related: Fervidly; fervidness.
Example
- 1. But their persecution has suddenly turned fervid .
- 2. Intensely zealous or fervid .
- 3. To mange such men , says one from 1939 , female workers " must learn not to see that his glance is too fervid , not to feel that hand that rests on hers . "
- 4. It may be that among them a more fervid keats , a more ethereal shelley has already published numbers the world will willingly remember .