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Fer·vid a.
1. Very hot; burning; boiling.
The mounted sun
Shot down direct his fervid rays. --Milton.
2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.
The fervid wishes, holy fires. --Parnell.
-- Fer*vid*ly, adv. -- Fer*vid*ness, n.
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fervid
adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
ardent, burning(a), fervent, 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]