fervor

[ fur-ver ]
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noun
  1. great warmth and earnestness of feeling: to speak with great fervor.

  2. intense heat.

Origin of fervor

1
1350–1400; Middle English fervo(u)r<Anglo-French <Latin fervor heat (see fervent, -or1)
  • Also especially British, fer·vour .

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