Fervor
[fur-ver] /ˈfɜr vər/
noun
1.
great warmth and earnestness of feeling:
to speak with great fervor.
2.
intense heat.
n.
mid-14c., “warmth or glow of feeling,” from Old French fervor (Modern French ferveur) “heat, enthusiasm, ardor, passion,” from Latin fervor “a boiling, violent heat; passion, ardor, fury,” from fervere “to boil” (see brew).
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