Lexicographical Neighbors of Fervidity
Literary usage of Fervidity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. America by River and Rail by William Ferguson (1856)
"The sermon was a highly intellectual one, characterised by great fervidity of
imagination, and read with rather the extreme of declamation. ..."
2. A Complete Dictionary of the English Language, Both with Regard to Sound and ...by Thomas Sheridan by Thomas Sheridan (1790)
"Eagerly, vehemently ; with pious ardour. FERVID, fer'-vld. a. Hot, burning,
boiling; vehement, eager, zealous. fervidity, fer-vld'-l-ty. f. ..."
3. The Foundation of Death: A Study of the Drink-question by Axel Gustafson (1885)
"The accidents of manufacture, such as season, fervidity of fermentation, prolonged
access of air, and numerous others, materially affect the colours and ..."
4. A critical pronouncing dictionary and expositor of the English language by John Walker (1797)
"Eagerly, vehemently ; with pious ardour. zealous. fervidity, fêr-vid'è-tè. f.
Hot, burning, boiling ; vehement, eager, ..."
5. The Manuscripts and Correspondence of James, First Earl of Charlemont by James Caulfeild Charlemont, Edward Perceval Wright, Royal Irish Academy (1891)
"What would be her feelings, were she to be apprized of the effect produced to
her disadvantage by the fervidity of her friendship ? ..."
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