Hypertext Webster Gateway: "fervid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.]
1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays.
--Milton.
2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell.
-- {Fer"vid*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vid*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
fervid
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
{ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fiery}, {impassioned},
{perfervid}, {torrid}]
2: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a
genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel
Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"-
Frances Trollope [syn: {fervent}]
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