Etymology
Origin of fervor
1350–1400; Middle English fervo ( u ) r < Anglo-French < Latin fervor heat ( fervent, -or 1 )
Example Sentences
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The tickets, which went on sale last weekend, sold out in minutes, demonstrating the growing fervor among Mexicans for all aspects of South Korean culture, from television series to cuisine, to of course K-pop.
From Barron's
What this pattern suggests is that bulls appear to have lost their fervor, and that each gain in the stock is taking more out them.
From MarketWatch
Speculative fervor and a supply deficit of newly mined silver have contributed to the run-up in prices.
From MarketWatch
The cupcake fervor hit its peak when Crumbs, which had started as a single bakery on Manhattan’s Upper West Side in 2003, went public in a reverse merger worth $66 million in 2011.
From Los Angeles Times
In one sign of speculative fervor, shares of the tiny Bank of Greenland have surged as much as 42% this year, suggesting market participants anticipate an investment boom in Greenland.
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