The outré character is sure to throw even the most ardent fans of the Golden Globe winner for a loop.
The pathetic dives and writhing on the field is a turn off to the most ardent American fan.
No one agreed more than the members of an ardent and motivated fan base within the CIA.
I hear it again in my ears, as I did that day in October 1971, ardent and raspy, unchanged by the passage of time.
As a result, Dugin, one of the ardent supporters and creators of that ideology, is beginning to attract international attention.
His ardent young eyes worshiped her as he stood on the pavement.
He trembled before this innocence, so ardent and so ingenuous.
The brave and ardent 84th, commanded by Willis, dashes to the front.
This ship sent a boat, which took us on board the ardent, 64, which was then used as a prison-ship.
When we reached the ardent, we found but four Americans in her.
early 14c., of alcoholic distillates, brandy (ardent spirits), etc., from Old French ardant (13c.) "burning, hot; zealous," from Latin ardentem (nominative ardens) "glowing, fiery, hot, ablaze," also used figuratively of passions, present participle of ardere "to burn," from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" from PIE root *as- "to burn, glow" (cf. Old English æsce "ashes;" see ash (n.1)).
Ardent spirits (late 15c.) so called because they are inflammable, but the term now, if used at all, probably is felt in the figurative sense. The figurative sense (of "burning with" passions, desire, etc.) is from late 14c.; literal sense of "burning, parching" (c.1400) remains rare. Related: Ardently.
