ardor
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti Proto-Italic *āzēō Latin āreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin āridus Latin ārdus ▲ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin ārdeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ārdorbor. Old French ardur Anglo-Norman ardourbor. Middle English ardour English ardor From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardur, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).
Definitions
Great warmth of feeling
Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
- I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.
Spirit
Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
Intense heat.
The neighborhood
- antonymapathy
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at ardor. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.
A definitional loop anchored at ardor. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
5 hops · closes at ardor
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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