fervid

fervid
    adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an
           ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a
           fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned
           appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn: {ardent},
           {fervent}, {fervid}, {fiery}, {impassioned}, {perfervid},
           {torrid}]
    2: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a
       genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel
       Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances
       Trollope [syn: {fervent}, {fervid}]
    

Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.]
   1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
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            The mounted sun
            Shot down direct his fervid rays.     --Milton.
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   2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
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            The fervid wishes, holy fires.        --Parnell.
      -- {Fer"vid*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vid*ness}, n.
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76 Moby Thesaurus words for "fervid":
      abandoned, ablaze, afire, ardent, athirst, blazing, boiling,
      boiling over, breathless, burning, burning with excitement,
      committed, consumed with desire, cordial, coveting, craving,
      dedicated, delirious, devoted, devoured by desire, devout, drunk,
      earnest, enthusiastic, excited, exuberant, faithful, febrile,
      fervent, fevered, feverish, fiery, flaming, flushed, glowing,
      hearty, heated, hectic, het up, hot, hot-blooded, hungering,
      hungry, impassioned, in earnest, in rut, intense, intent,
      intent on, intoxicated, itching, keen, lively, loyal,
      mad with lust, on fire, passionate, perfervid, prurient, red-hot,
      resolute, seething, serious, sexually excited, sincere, spirited,
      steaming, steamy, thirsting, thirsty, unrestrained, vehement,
      vigorous, warm, white-hot, zealous