单词 | fervid |
释义 | fervidadj. 1. Burning, glowing, hot. Now poetic or rhetorical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [adjective] > having or communicating much heat > very > burning hot fire-hotOE fieryc1300 ferventa1400 ardentc1440 firous?1504 fervid1599 torrid1611 flamatious1688 flaming1694 phlogistic1777 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 6/2 Let it stand a day or two in som fervide place. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost v. 301 The mounted Sun Shot down direct his fervid Raies. View more context for this quotation 1718 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad IV. xvi. 939 Sol had driv'n His fervid Orb thro' half the Vault of Heav'n. 1794 R. J. Sulivan View of Nature II. 55 The more fervid the lightning, the more animated they appear. 1833 N. Arnott Elements Physics (ed. 5) II. 62 His attention was soon recalled to the fervid land of the sun. 1853 W. M. Thackeray Eng. Humourists ii. 56 To hang on in the dust behind the fervid wheels of the parliamentary chariot. 2. figurative. Glowing, intensely impassioned. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] hotOE anguishous?c1225 fire-burningc1275 burninga1340 ardentc1374 warm1390 fervent14.. fieryc1430 fired1561 feverous1576 glowinga1577 fervorous1602 ferventeda1627 tropica1631 torrid1646 fervid1656 candenta1687 ardurousa1770 tropical1795 aestuous1844 thermal1866 thermonous1888 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Fervid, scalding, burning, fierce, vehement. a1717 T. Parnell Happy Man 16 The fervid wishes, holy fires, Which thus a melted heart refine. 1781 S. Johnson Addison in Pref. Wks. Eng. Poets V. 148 He is warm rather than fervid. 1828 T. Carlyle Burns in Edinb. Rev. Dec. 282 Of Burns's fervid affection..we have spoken already. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxvii. 265 It is your..fervid imagination, which throws you into a glow of genius and excitement. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. IV. 335 The fervid loyalty with which Charles had been welcomed back to Dover. 1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 155 Without the call of fervid preacher. Derivatives ferˈvidity n. [+ -ity suffix] (a) Intense heat. (b) Passion, zeal (Johnson). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > great or intense heat ferventness1398 fervence14.. fervourc1440 broil1583 fervency1598 ardour1645 ardency1677 fervidity1727 incandescence1849 sizzle1964 1727 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II Fervidity. 1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Fervidity, heat. ˈfervidly adv. in a fervid manner; earnestly. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adverb] hotlyeOE ardently1340 burningly1340 firely1340 ferventlyc1374 warmly1529 fierily1600 glowinglya1625 incandescently1803 fervidly1847 tropically1896 Messianically1976 1847 J. Craig New Universal Dict. Fervidly, very hotly, with glowing warmth. 1871 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch (1872) I. i. i. 5 A young lady..knelt suddenly down..by the side of a sick labourer and prayed fervidly. ˈfervidness n. the state or quality of being fervid. 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 1692 R. Bentley Boyle Lect. vi. 10 A kind of Injury done to him by the fervidness of St. Peter. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < |
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