fervid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fervid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for fervid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fervid adj 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" Synonym(s): ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, perfervid, torrid 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 Synonym(s): fervent, fervid
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.] 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"vidly}, adv. -- {Fer"vidness}, n.