Dictionary

fervid en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈfɜː.vɪd/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ˈfɝ.vɪd/ (General-American)
• (US) audio
• fûr′vĭd

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁-der. Proto-Italic *ferwejō Proto-Italic *ferweō Latin ferveō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin fervidusbor. English fervid Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + id.

Meanings

1. Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
   • In daylight, and in beauty from his birth: / Whose fervid, flickering torch of life was lit / From the sun and stars, whence he had drawn forth / A passionate light […] 1884 [1827], Edgar Allan Poe, “Communion with Nature”, in Richard Herne Shepherd, editor, Tamerlane and Other Poems, London: George Redway:
   • Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city. 1878, Henry James, An International Episode:
2. (figuratively) lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.

Forms

Antonyms

frigid

Deriveds

fervidity · unfervid · fervidly · fervid plagodis · fervidness

Relateds

fervor · fever · fervent · perfervid

Synonyms

see Thesaurus:enthusiastic · fervent · ardent