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fervent

English

Etymology

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (to boil, ferment, glow, rage).

Pronunciation

  • (General American) IPA(key): /?f?.v?nt/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?f??.v?nt/
  • Hyphenation: fer?vent
  • Rhymes: -??(?)v?nt

Adjective

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

  1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
    • 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mathilda, ch. 3:
      As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.
  2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
    • 1876, Wilkie Collins, "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels,
      Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!
  3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
    • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Second Epistle of Peter, 3:10:
      But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Derived terms

  • fervently

Related terms

  • fever
  • ferment
  • fervid
  • fervor

Translations

Further reading

  • fervent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
  • fervent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
  • fervent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ns.

Pronunciation

  • (Balearic) IPA(key): /f???vent/
  • (Central) IPA(key): /f?r?ben/
  • (Valencian) IPA(key): /fe??vent/

Adjective

fervent (masculine and feminine plural fervents)

  1. fervent
    Synonym: fervorós

Derived terms

  • ferventment

Related terms

  • fervor

Further reading

  • “fervent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “fervent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
  • “fervent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “fervent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin ferv?ntem, accusative of ferv?ns.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /f??.v??/
  • Homophone: fervents

Adjective

fervent (feminine singular fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)

  1. fervent

Derived terms

  • fervemment

Further reading

  • “fervent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

fervent

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of ferve?

Romanian

Etymology

From French fervent, from Latin fervens.

Adjective

fervent m or n (feminine singular fervent?, masculine plural ferven?i, feminine and neuter plural fervente)

  1. fervent

Declension

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angry

English

Etymology

From Middle English angry; see anger.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?æ?.??i/
  • Rhymes: -æ??ri

Adjective

angry (comparative angrier, superlative angriest)

  1. Displaying or feeling anger.
  2. (said about a wound or a rash) Inflamed and painful.
    The broken glass left two angry cuts across my arm.
  3. (figuratively, said about the elements, like the sky or the sea) Dark and stormy, menacing.
    Angry clouds raced across the sky.

Usage notes

  • The comparative more angry and the superlative most angry are also occasionally found.
  • The sense “feeling anger” is construed with with or at when the object is a person: I’m angry with/at my boss. It is construed with at or about when the object is a situation: I’m angry at/about what he said. When both a person and a situation are given, the latter is construed with for instead: I’m angry with/at my boss for what he said.

Synonyms

  • (displaying anger): mad, enraged, wrathful, furious, apoplectic; irritated, annoyed, vexed, pissed off, cheesed off, worked up, psyched up
  • See also Thesaurus:angry

Derived terms

Translations

See also

  • Anger on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • rangy

Middle English

Alternative forms

  • angri, angrye

Etymology

From anger +? -y, from Old Norse angr (affliction, sorrow)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?an?ri?/

Adjective

angry (superlative angriest)

  1. Angry; displaying angriness (usually of actions)
  2. Easily annoyed or angered; irous or spiteful.
  3. Severe, vexatious, ferocious, painful.

Derived terms

  • angrily
  • angrynes

Descendants

  • English: angry
  • Scots: angry

References

  • “angr?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-04-02.

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