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Definition of Fervour
1. Noun. The state of being emotionally aroused and worked up. "He tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation"
Generic synonyms: Emotional Arousal
Specialized synonyms: Fever Pitch, Sensation
Attributes: Exciting, Unexciting
Derivative terms: Excite, Excite, Excite, Excite, Excite, Excite
2. Noun. Feelings of great warmth and intensity. "He spoke with great ardor"
Generic synonyms: Passion, Passionateness
Specialized synonyms: Zeal
Derivative terms: Fervent, Fervid, Fiery
Definition of Fervour
1. Noun. An intense, heated emotion; passion, ardour. ¹
2. Noun. A passionate enthusiasm for some cause. ¹
3. Noun. Heat. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Fervour
1. fervor [n -S] - See also: fervor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fervour
Literary usage of Fervour
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Spirit of Prayer: Or The Soul Rising Out of the Vanity of Time, Into the by William Law (1823)
"It does the work lhat fervour did, but in a higher degree, because it gives up
more, sacrifices more, and brings forth more resignation to God ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Although in this court the Spanish faith retained its fervour, it lapsed nevertheless
into the inconsistencies permitted by the times, and Francis ST. ..."
3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1887)
"In an age of religious fervour the most artful statesmen are observed to feel
some part oí the enthusiasm which they inspire; and the most orthodox saints ..."
4. Barnaby Rudge by Charles Dickens (1884)
"with a fervour that was quite affecting; and John, beckoning his guards to go
before, bowed himself out of the room, and left him to his rest in the ..."
5. The Bookman (1903)
"Eut Thomson's conception was never adequately backed by study, and so never
adequately realised. Sheer fervour of imagination led Raeburn and ..."
6. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1882)
"But it is past, the glory is congealing, The fervour of the heart grows dead and
dim ; I gaze all night upon a whitewashed ceiling, And catch no glimpses of ..."
7. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1902)
"The affair made a great noise at the time, for there were many who suspected and
asserted that the fervour of his antagonist was more like that of an ..."
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