fervour
fervour · fervours
Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervorCommonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.
» My husband loves the fervour of the city.
Meaning
1 senses(countable, uncountable)Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.
More definitions
- feelings of great warmth and intensity
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up
Examples
3 sentencesMy husband loves the fervour of the city.
The fervour of his imagination melts down and renders malleable, as in a furnace, the most contradictory materials.
Thanks to Haruna's "weather mode" Kaori's fervour was greatly dampened.
Origin
By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -our (“abstract noun suffix”).By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -our (“abstract noun suffix”).
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Forms
plural: fervoursSynonyms
9 synonymsClose in meaning
- feelings of great warmth and intensity:ardorardourfervorfervencyfirefervidness
- the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up:excitementexcitationinflammationfervor
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedfervourless
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable