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Added 9 October 2026

fervor

/ˈfɜːvə/ noun

Latin root: fervor Wiktionary

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about fervor at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Feelings of great warmth and intensity.
he spoke with great ardor
The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up.
his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled

Origin

From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).

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