fervid
adjUS /ˈfɝ.vɪd/ · UK /ˈfɜː.vɪd/
Etymology Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + id.
1
Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
- Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city.1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
2
Figuratively lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.
- Derived terms
- fervidity, fervidly, fervidness, fervid plagodis, unfervid