fervid Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite characterized by intense emotion
    impassioned; perfervid; torrid; fiery; ardent; fervent.
    • ardent love
    • an ardent lover
    • a fervent desire to change society
    • a fervent admirer
    • fiery oratory
    • an impassioned appeal
    • a torrid love affair
  2. adjective satellite extremely hot
    fervent.
    • the fervent heat...merely communicated a genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel Hawthorne
    • set out...when the fervid heat subsides"- Frances Trollope

WordNet

Fer"vid adjective
Etymology
L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See Fervent.
Definitions
  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"vid*ly, adv. -- Fer"vid*ness, n.

Webster 1913