| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | fer·vent |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fûr v nt |
| ADJECTIVE: | 1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer. 2. Extremely hot; glowing. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin ferv ns, fervent-, present participle of fervre, to boil. See bhreu- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | fervent·ly —ADVERB
fervent·ness —NOUN
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