fervencyn.
/ˈfəːvnsi/, U.S. /ˈfərvənsi/ 1. † b. Of cold: Intensity, severity. Obsolete.
a. The state or quality of being fervent; glowing or burning heat, intensity of heat. Now rare.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat
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ardour1645
ardency1677
fervidity1727
incandescence1849
sizzle1964
1598 G. Chapman tr. Homer Seauen Bks. Iliades vi. 185 Flames of deadly fervency flew from her breath and eyes.
1633 P. Fletcher Piscatorie Eclogs i. ii. 2 in Purple Island About his head a rocky canopie..Rebutting Phœbus parching fervencie.
1879 G. Meredith Egoist III. x. 214 It is the sole star which..preserves an indomitable fervency.
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the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > [noun] > intense or extreme > intensity of cold
bitterness971
fervency?1615
?1615 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses (new ed.) xiv. 693 The fervency Of that sharp night would kill me.
2. figurative. ‘Heat of mind’, intensity of feeling or desire, warmth of devotion, zeal, ardour, eagerness; †an instance of the same.
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the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]
heatc825
earnestOE
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ardourc1386
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inflammation1600
warmth1600
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incandescence1656
fervidness1692
candency1723
glow1748
white heat1814
hwyl1899
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [noun]
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lust1679
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1554 J. Knox Faythfull Admon. sig. D6v Peter in a feruencie first left his bote.
1600 E. Blount tr. G. F. di Conestaggio Hist. Uniting Portugall to Castill 6 They continued their new navigation, with greater fervencie.
a1699 T. Comber Expos. Lord's Prayer in Compan. Temple (1702) II. 368 The Motives which ought to excite our fervency.
1734 I. Watts Reliquiæ Juveniles (1789) 216 He drew some practical inferences..with some degree of fervency.
1824 R. Southey Bk. of Church (1841) 173 The prayer which was preferred with increased fervency at a martyr's grave.
1866 C. Kingsley Hereward the Wake I. xv. 302 The fair lady had never known the whole fervency of your love.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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