fervour

noun

fervour

noun

Etymology By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -our (“abstract noun suffix”).

1

Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.

The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404:

Derived terms: fervourless, fervourous

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