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单词 fervour
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fervourfervorn.

Brit. /ˈfəːvə/, U.S. /ˈfərvər/
Forms: Also 1500s fervoure, 1600s ferver.
Etymology: Middle English fervor , -our , < Old French fervor, -our (modern French ferveur ) = Provençal fervor , Spanish fervor , Italian fervore , < Latin fervōre-m , < fervēre to be hot. For use of fervour or fervor see favour n.
1.
a. Glowing condition, intense heat.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat
ferventness1398
fervence14..
fervourc1440
broil1583
fervency1598
ardour1645
ardency1677
fervidity1727
incandescence1849
sizzle1964
c1440 W. Hylton Scala Perfeccionis (1494) ii. xxxiv They..panten soo strongly that they brast into bodily feruours.
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes i, in Wks. 1164/2 These prayers..of his holye Martirs, in the feruoure of theyr torment.
1625 S. Purchas Pilgrimes ii. 1317 A number of Lamps which..yeelds vnto the roome an immoderate feruor.
1725 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey III. x. 184 Some pow'r divine..Sent a tall stag..To cool his fervor in the crystal flood.
1794 H. L. Piozzi Brit. Synonymy I. 207 Such effects follow naturally the fervour of an African climate.
1813 P. B. Shelley Queen Mab viii. 102 Those deserts..whose..fervors scarce allowed A bird to live.
1891 Sir R. Ball in Argus (Melbourne) 16 May The moon was also doubtless in a condition of equal fervour.
b. Of water: Boiling, seething. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > action of boiling > [noun] > agitation of liquid in boiling
walmOE
welling1371
boilingc1380
fervence14..
fervoura1440
play1440
effervescence1651
exaestuation1666
effervescency1681
estuation1684
wambling1686
popple1826
soubresaut1849
tottling1864
a1440 Found. St. Bartholomew's 43 The swellynge [sea], yn his feruor..leift vp hym-self.
1656 tr. T. Hobbes Elements Philos. iii. xxi. 240 All Fervor or Seething is not caused by Fire.
2. Warmth or glow of feeling, passion, vehemence, intense zeal; an instance of the same.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]
heatc825
earnestOE
fervour1340
ardourc1386
fever heata1398
burning1398
lowea1425
fervencec1430
ferventnessc1430
flame1548
ardency1549
fervency1554
fire1579
calenture1596
inflammation1600
warmth1600
brimstonea1616
incandescence1656
fervidness1692
candency1723
glow1748
white heat1814
hwyl1899
1340 R. Rolle Pricke of Conscience 250 Fervor of thoght.
c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) John ii. 17 The feruour of loue of thin hous hath etun me.
1483 W. Caxton tr. J. de Voragine Golden Legende 363 b/1 She..had more feruour of deuocion.
1530 St. German's Secunde Dyaloge Doctour & Student xlix. f. cxxviiiv Venyall synne..lettyth the feruour therof [sc. of charity].
1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. II. 30 Such fervour is as well beseeming fresh souldiers as young Fryers.
1729 W. Law Serious Call xiv. 240 And begin to know what saints..have meant, by fervours of devotion.
1830 I. D'Israeli Comm. Life Charles I III. ix. 196 The fervour of loyalty vied with the pride of magnificence.
1882 A. W. Ward Dickens iii. 50 A fervour unique even in the history of American enthusiasms.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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