fervid

[ fur-vid ]

/ ˈfɜr vɪd /

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adjective

heated or vehement in spirit, enthusiasm, etc.: a fervid orator.

burning; glowing; intensely hot.

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Origin of fervid

First recorded in 1590–1600, fervid is from the Latin word fervidus boiling. See fervent, -id⁴

fer·vid·i·ty, nounfer·vid·ly, adverbnon·fer·vid, adjectivenon·fer·vid·ly, adverb

non·fer·vid·ness, nounun·fer·vid, adjectiveun·fer·vid·ly, adverb

Gabriel is the 26-year-old son of a fervidly leftist Chilean mother and a Soviet father whom he never met.
Here on Earth, The Forgotten Founding Father, and Other Reviews|The Daily Beast|April 30, 2011|DAILY BEAST
I often think I can still hear their fervidly devotional hymn of the sanctus—Heilig!
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
The morning was clear, and the sun poured down his heat so fervidly, as seemingly to cause all nature to faint.
Great Events in the History of North and South America|Charles A. Goodrich
Jealous and I am afraid that the kindling of that one feature of love relighted the fire of her passion thus fervidly.
Evan Harrington, Complete|George Meredith

From thinking of him fervidly, she was already past the marvel of the thought that she called him husband.
The Amazing Marriage, Complete|George Meredith
In the dusk the faces in the little pictures seemed to listen attentively and change expression as he talked so fervidly.
Discourses of Keidansky|Bernard G. Richards