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fervent

adjectiveGraduateELO 1,400CATSAT
WORD COMPOSITION
suffix-entperforming, being in a state
DEFINITION

characterized by intense emotion

WEBSTER'S 1913

Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

ETYMOLOGY

Latin 'ferventem' - boiling

SYNONYMS
ANTONYMS
IN LITERATURE

He deals with young and fervent minds, that require a ceremony to keep them fast--yes, dear, and women more than others do.

George Meredith, Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith
✨ WORD STORY

Catarina, a fervent coffee enthusiast, leaped out of her hammock at dawn to brew the first pot near Addis Ababa. She nearly knocked over an old grandfather clock, its pendulum swinging wildly as if equally excited by the prospect of fresh, aromatic joe.

📖 TALE

In the Musikverein's grand hall, Catarina's fingers danced across the piano keys with a fervent intensity that seemed to stir the very air around her, each note a passionate declaration of emotion.

IN USE

On 24 January, his portrait was unveiled in the Main Hall of the museum by Bill Bailey, a fervent admirer."Alfred Russel Wallace, the forgotten man of evolution, gets his moment" The Guardian.

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