fervour
English
Noun
fervour (countable and uncountable, plural fervours)
- Commonwealth and Ireland standard spelling of fervor.
- 2011, Simon Sebag Montefiore, Jerusalem: The Biography – A History of the Middle East, page 404:
- The early Americans, inheriting the Hebraist fervour of the English Puritans, had enjoyed a Great Awakening of religious joy.
Derived terms
Translations
fervor — see fervor
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fervor, from Latin fervor, fervōrem; compare fervent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛrˈvuːr/, /ˈfɛrvur/
Noun
fervour (uncountable)
- fervour (emotional passion or enthusiasm)
- Intense heat or fieriness.
- (rare) Tempestuousness, raging.
Descendants
References
- “fervǒur, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.