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fervent

adj
/ˈfɝ.vənt/US/ˈfɜː.vənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”). By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + -ent.

  1. derived from fervens
  2. derived from fervent
  3. inherited from fervent

Definitions

  1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.

    • As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

  2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.

    • Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

  3. Glowing, burning, very hot.

    • But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

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Derived

fervently, ferventness, superfervent, unfervent

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at fervent. 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.

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A definitional loop anchored at fervent. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at fervent

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA