Word of the Day for Friday 14th March 2014
Fervent \ FUR-vuhnt \ , adjective;
1.having or showing great warmth or intensity of spirit, feeling, enthusiasm, etc.; ardent: a ferventadmirer; a fervent plea.
2.hot; burning; glowing.
Quotes:
The laird Glenross sunk on his knees by the side of the bed, on which she lay extended in death; his hands were clasped, his eyes closed, and his head
bent downwards; the whisperings of a fervent devotion burst from his lips.
- Francis Lathom, The Mysterious Freebooter; or, The Days of Queen Bess , 1806
He had heard Miss Ophelia speak often of a cough, that all her medicaments
could not cure; and even now that fervent cheek and little hand were burning with hectic fever; and yet the thought that Eva's words suggested had never
come to him til now.
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom's Cabin , 1852
Origin:
Fervent first entered English in the 1300's and ultimately comes from the
Latin fervēre meaning "to boil."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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