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ardour, ardor|ˈɑːdə(r)|
Forms: 4–7 ardure, 5 ardeur, 7– ardour, -or.
[a. OF. and AF. ardour, earlier OF. ardor, -ur, mod. ardeur:—L. ardōr-em heat, f. ardē-re to burn. The spelling ardor, assimilated to L., has been in use since 16th c.]
1. Fierce or burning heat; concr. fire, flame.
c1645Howell Lett. I. xxix. 41 That grand Universal-fire..may by its violent ardor vitrifie and turn to one lump of Crystal, the whole Body of the Earth. 1670Cotton Espernon ii. viii. 409 To qualifie the excessive ardours of the Sun. 1755B. Martin Mag. Arts & Sc. 103 A Degree of Ardour equal to that at the Comet. 1814Cary Dante 80 Within these ardours are the spirits, each Swath'd in confining fire.
†2. poet. An effulgent spirit. (Cf. Heb. i. 7.) Obs.
1667Milton P.L. v. 249 The wingéd Saint..from among Thousand Celestial ardors..up springing light.
3. fig. Heat of passion or desire, vehemence, ardent desire; warmth of emotion, zeal, fervour, eagerness, enthusiasm. Const. for. (The earliest sense in Eng.: formerly used of evil passions, but now only of generous or noble impulses.)
c1386Chaucer Pars. T. ⁋84 The wicked enchaufing or ardure [v.r. ordure, ordour] of this sinne. 1483Caxton Gold. Leg. 240/4 The Ardeur and brennyng of lecherye. 1602Shakes. Ham. iii. iv. 86 When the compulsiue Ardure giues the charge. 1644Milton Educ. (1738) 137 Infusing into their young breasts such an ingenious and noble ardour. 1678Marvell Growth Popery Wks. 1875 IV. 313 This dispute was raised to a greater ardure and contention than ever. 1756Burke Vind. Nat. Soc. Wks. I. 14 And feel such refreshing airs of liberty, as daily raise our ardour for more. 1769Robertson Chas. V, III. ix. 139 Hurried on by a martial ardor. 1819J. Q. Adams in C. Davies Metr. Syst. iii. 131 Inquiries..pursued with ardor and perseverance. 1847J. Wilson Recr. Chr. North (1857) II. 9 The bright ardours of boyhood. |