Associations to the word «Fervent»

Wiktionary

FERVENT, adjective. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
FERVENT, adjective. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
FERVENT, adjective. Glowing, burning, very hot.

Dictionary definition

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

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope