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fervor
English
Alternative forms
- fervour (Commonwealth)
Etymology
From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?f?v?/
Noun
fervor (countable and uncountable, plural fervors)
- (American spelling) An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
- (American spelling) A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
- (American spelling) Heat.
Synonyms
- (passionate enthusiasm): fire in the belly, zeal
Related terms
- fervent
- fervid
- fever
Translations
Further reading
- fervor in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- fervor in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “fervor”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- frover
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin fervor, attested from the 14th century.
Noun
fervor m or f (plural fervors)
- fervor
Derived terms
- fervorós
Related terms
- fervent
References
Further reading
- “fervor” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fervor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fervor” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Latin
Etymology
From ferve? +? -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?fer.u?or/, [?f?ru??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?fer.vor/, [?f?rv?r]
Noun
fervor m (genitive ferv?ris); third declension
- boiling heat
- fermenting
- ardour, passion, fury
- intoxication
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- fervor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- fervor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fervor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Occitan
Etymology
From Latin fervor. Attested from the 14th century.
Pronunciation
Noun
fervor f (plural fervors)
- fervor
- Synonym: ardor
Related terms
- fervent
- fervorós
References
Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin ferv?ris.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /f??.?vo?/
- Hyphenation: fer?vor
Noun
fervor m (plural fervores)
- fervour (passionate enthusiasm)
Related terms
- fervente
- fervoroso
Further reading
- “fervor” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin ferv?ris.
Noun
fervor m (plural fervores)
- fervor
Related terms
- ferviente
- fervoroso
Further reading
- “fervor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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greediness
English
Etymology
From Middle English gredynesse, from Old English gr?di?nes; equivalent to greedy +? -ness.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???i?din?s/
Noun
greediness (usually uncountable, plural greedinesses)
- The state of being greedy; greed.
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
- Thereto the body of a dog she had, / Full of fell ravin and fierce greedinesse […]
- 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, V.11:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:greed
Anagrams
- Niger seeds, genderises
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