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ˈfervorous, a. rare. Also 7 -erous. [f. next + -ous.] Full of fervour; ardent, warm.
1602T. Fitzherbert Apol. 36 b, As..feruerous in the loue of God, as they are..fyry in sensual appetyt. 1658Sir H. Slingsby Diary (1836) 203 Faithful and fervorous Professors. 1669Woodhead St. Teresa i. xv. 94 They had a mind to cool the fervorous employment of the Will. 1920H. Begbie Life Wm. Booth. I. ii. 31 A young lover, after parting from his sweetheart late one night, was in so fervorous a mood of happiness that..he threw his stick into the air. |