Fervid

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.]
     1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
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              The mounted sun
              Shot down direct his fervid rays.     --Milton.


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     2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
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              The fervid wishes, holy fires.        --Parnell.
        -- {Fer"vid*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vid*ness}, n.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  76 Moby Thesaurus words for "fervid":
     abandoned, ablaze, afire, ardent, athirst, blazing, boiling,
     boiling over, breathless, burning, burning with excitement,
     committed, consumed with desire, cordial, coveting, craving,
     dedicated, delirious, devoted, devoured by desire, devout, drunk,
     earnest, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, faithful, febrile,
     fervent, fevered, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, glowing,
     hearty, heated, hectic, het up, hot, hot-blooded, hungering,
     hungry, impassioned, in earnest, in rut, intense, intent,
     intent on, intoxicated, itching, keen, lively, loyal,
     mad with lust, on fire, passionate, perfervid, prurient, red-hot,
     resolute, seething, serious, sexually excited, sincere, spirited,
     steaming, steamy, thirsting, thirsty, unrestrained, vehement,
     vigorous, warm, white-hot, zealous