fer·vent 
(fûrvənt)
(fûrvənt)adj.
1. Having or showing great emotion or zeal; ardent: fervent protests; a fervent admirer.
2. Extremely hot; glowing.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervēns, fervent-, present participle of fervēre, to boil; see bhreu- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots.]
fervent·ly adv.
fervent·ness n.