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   Fer·vid

   /ˈfərvəd/

   

   adjective

   • 1. intensely enthusiastic or passionate, especially to an excessive degree: "a letter of fervid thanks"
   • ▪ burning, hot, or glowing.

   Word Origin late 16th century (in the sense ‘glowing, hot’): from Latin fervidus, from fervere ‘to boil’. Compare with fervent and fervor.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fervidly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 13

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