fervor
nounUK /ˈfɜːvə/ · US /ˈfɝ.vɚ/
Etymology From Middle English fervour, from Old French, from Latin fervor (“a boiling or raging heat, heat, vehemence, passion”), from fervere (“to boil, be hot”); see fervent. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -or (“abstract noun suffix”).
1
US An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardor.
- The coach trains his water polo team with fervor.
2
US A passionate enthusiasm for some cause.
3
US Heat.
- Synonyms
- fire in the belly, zeal