fervent
Meanings
adj
- Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.
- Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.
- Glowing, burning, very hot.
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Etymology
From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”). By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -ent.
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