ardour

/ ˈɑːdə /

noun

Origin of ardour¹

C14: from Old French ardour, from Latin ārdor, from ārdēre to burn

But Jack Scott came in and entered into the “game,” as he called it, with ardour.

Are you sufficiently grateful to me for having quelled your matrimonial ardour of two months ago?

They show to the full the secret of the Marshal's success as a soldier, the blending of ardour with method and dash with caution.

It seemed an unpromising subject, but they fell upon it with ardour, and found it strangely fruitful.

The main certainty about his hapless157 expedition to Ireland is the certainty that he fought with the most chivalrous ardour.

It impresses with a sense of increased obligation, that furnishes an ardour of mind, powerfully impelling to duty.

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