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Definition of Ardor

1. Noun. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause). "He felt a kind of religious zeal"

2. Noun. Intense feeling of love.

3. Noun. Feelings of great warmth and intensity. "He spoke with great ardor"

Definition of Ardor

1. n. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays.

Definition of Ardor

1. Noun. (Chiefly American English) Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion. ¹

2. Noun. (Chiefly American English) Spirit. ¹

3. Noun. (Chiefly American English)  Intense heat. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ardor

1. intensity of emotion [n -S]

Medical Definition of Ardor

1. Old term for a hot or burning sensation. Origin: L. Fire, heat (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ardor

ardaite ardanesthesia ardealite ardeb ardebs ardencies ardency ardent ardent fever ardent spirits

ardently ardentness ardi gasna ardi gasnas ardor (current term) ardors ardour ardours ardri ardrigh

ardrighs ardris ards arduous arduously arduousness arduousnesses are are you OK

Literary usage of Ardor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... the most critical and the least theological, became prominent. Voltaire (qv; d. 1778) embraced the conception of natural religion with ardor, ..."

2. The Literary History of the American Revolution, 1763-1783 by Moses Coit Tyler (1897)
"... Montgomery at the Siege of Quebec "—Its purpose, to stimulate American military ardor by stimulating American hatred of the British—Outline of the poem. ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"... whom exhibited the utmost ardor and alacrity in the performance of their duty." Captain Hood, Captain Clements and Captain Bridges, commanding the ..."

4. The Library of American Biography by Jared Sparks (1848)
"Embraces with ardor the Cause of the Americans. — Visits Maryland and Virginia. — Purchases an Estate in Virginia. GENERAL LEE arrived in New York, ..."

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