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   fervid

   /ˈfəːvɪd/

   adjective

   • 1. intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree: "his fervid protestations of love"
   • 2. hot, burning, or glowing. literary

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘glowing, hot’): from Latin fervidus, from fervere ‘to boil’. Compare with fervent and fervour.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fervidly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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