ferventnessn.

Brit.

/ˈfəːv(ə)ntnəs/, U.S.

/ˈfərvən(t)nəs/

Etymology: < fervent adj. + -ness suffix.

Now rare.

The quality of being fervent.

1. Boiling, burning, or glowing heat; = fervour n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat

ferventness1398

fervence14..

fervourc1440

broil1583

fervency1598

ardour1645

ardency1677

fervidity1727

incandescence1849

sizzle1964

1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) x. ix. 379 Smalle asshes..slakyth..the feruentnes of the cole.

1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 73 a It [melancholy] may not be so littell, that the bloud and spirites in their ferventnes, be as it were unbridlyd.

1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxvii. 158 Although it [sc. water] be hote, yet inferiour in degree to the heate of feruentnes.

1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 46^v The great feruentnes of the hot starres.

2. Ardour, eagerness, vigour, zeal; also an instance of the same; = fervour n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]

heatc825

earnestOE

fervour1340

ardourc1386

fever heata1398

burning1398

lowea1425

fervencec1430

ferventnessc1430

flame1548

ardency1549

fervency1554

fire1579

calenture1596

inflammation1600

warmth1600

brimstonea1616

incandescence1656

fervidness1692

candency1723

glow1748

white heat1814

hwyl1899

c1430 Wyclif's Num. xxv. 11 [MS. S] Y my silf schulde not do awai the sones of Israel in my greet hete [feruentnesse of veniaunce].

1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 67 Whyche wil not be wele..stered for the feruentnesse of the same tempest.

1528 W. Tyndale Parable Wicked Mammon in Wks. I. 84 Christ here teacheth Simon by the ferventness of love.

1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 503/1 The Archbishoppes feruentnes in vsing such eager perswasions.

1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iii. 40 His..ferventnesse of affection is sufficient to marre him.

1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Ferventness.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	ferventness
释义	ferventnessn. Brit. /ˈfəːv(ə)ntnəs/, U.S. /ˈfərvən(t)nəs/ Etymology: < fervent adj. + -ness suffix. Now rare. The quality of being fervent. 1. Boiling, burning, or glowing heat; = fervour n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat ferventness1398 fervence14.. fervourc1440 broil1583 fervency1598 ardour1645 ardency1677 fervidity1727 incandescence1849 sizzle1964 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) x. ix. 379 Smalle asshes..slakyth..the feruentnes of the cole. 1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 73 a It [melancholy] may not be so littell, that the bloud and spirites in their ferventnes, be as it were unbridlyd. 1586 T. Bright Treat. Melancholie xxvii. 158 Although it [sc. water] be hote, yet inferiour in degree to the heate of feruentnes. 1600 L. Lewkenor tr. A. de Torquemada Spanish Mandeuile f. 46^v The great feruentnes of the hot starres. 2. Ardour, eagerness, vigour, zeal; also an instance of the same; = fervour n. 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] heatc825 earnestOE fervour1340 ardourc1386 fever heata1398 burning1398 lowea1425 fervencec1430 ferventnessc1430 flame1548 ardency1549 fervency1554 fire1579 calenture1596 inflammation1600 warmth1600 brimstonea1616 incandescence1656 fervidness1692 candency1723 glow1748 white heat1814 hwyl1899 c1430 Wyclif's Num. xxv. 11 [MS. S] Y my silf schulde not do awai the sones of Israel in my greet hete [feruentnesse of veniaunce]. 1477 Earl Rivers tr. Dictes or Sayengis Philosophhres (Caxton) (1877) lf. 67 Whyche wil not be wele..stered for the feruentnesse of the same tempest. 1528 W. Tyndale Parable Wicked Mammon in Wks. I. 84 Christ here teacheth Simon by the ferventness of love. 1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. viii. 503/1 The Archbishoppes feruentnes in vsing such eager perswasions. 1631 J. Mabbe tr. F. de Rojas Spanish Bawd iii. 40 His..ferventnesse of affection is sufficient to marre him. 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Ferventness. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1398
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