Meaning

adjective characterized by intense emotion

adjective extremely hot; - Nathaniel Hawthorne; - Frances Trollope

originEtymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *ferwejō Proto-Italic *ferweō Latin ferveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fervidusbor. English fervid Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + id.

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