fervour

British  

/ ˈfɜːvə /

noun

1. great intensity of feeling or belief; ardour; zeal

2. rare intense heat

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Etymology

Origin of fervour

C14: from Latin fervor heat, from fervēre to glow, boil

Example Sentences

Its Summer Strokes are much more vehement and troublesome, and assault Labourers and Travellers, who are for a long Time exposed to the Fervour of it.

From Advice to the people in general, with regard to their health by Tissot, S. A. D. (Samuel Auguste David)

Fervour, interest, intelligence seemed to gleam in the steady eyes of the men while they listened, and thrilled in their resonant voices when they sang.

From The Lively Poll A Tale of the North Sea by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)

Fervour of character, decided Patriot-Constitutional feeling; these are qualities: but free utterance, mastership in tongue-fence; this is the quality of qualities.

From The French Revolution by Carlyle, Thomas

They look for it in an Image, or in an Opinion, or in Affection, or a natural Devotion and Fervour, and they lose the substance by thus hunting after a shadow.

From Dialogues on the Supersensual Life by Böhme, Jakob

I wove into my song Fervour, and joy, and mystery, and the bleak, The wan despair that words can never speak.

From Love Letters of a Violinist and Other Poems by Mackay, Eric