ardurousadj.
poetic. rare.
Full of ardour, ardent.
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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
the mind > emotion > love > amorous love > [adjective] > (of love) ardent or passionate
ardentc1374
rapta1500
passionate1534
feverous1576
on flame1656
ardurousa1770
the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > vehement or passionate desire > [adjective] > vehemently or passionately desirous
wildc725
ardentc1374
fierce1377
flagrant?1521
zealous1526
passionatea1530
heady1543
concupiscentious1555
passionative1593
luxurious1614
mada1627
concupitive1651
sultry1671
hot-tempered1673
ardurousa1770
wild1811
nympholeptic1818
concupiscenta1834
a1770 T. Chatterton Poems (1777) 25 And glowe ardurous onn the Castle steeres.
1775 T. Barlow Let. in F. Burney Early Diary (1889) II. 63 Stop, oh ardurous Pen, and presume not.
1814 H. F. Cary tr. Dante Vision III. x. 248 Lo! further on, Where flames th' ardurous spirit of Isidore.
1918 P. Maubyn Wartime Ballad 20 She felt ardurous in her breast The rising fires of love.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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