fervour
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
fervour /ˈfəːvə/ (US fervor)
▶noun
- 1 intense and passionate feeling.
- 2 archaic intense heat.
– origin ME: via OFr. from L. fervor, from fervere ‘to boil’.
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