fervour

English

Noun

fervour (countable and uncountable, plural fervours)

  1. 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

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French fervor, from Latin fervor, fervōrem; compare fervent.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fɛrˈvuːr/, /ˈfɛrvur/

Noun

fervour (uncountable)

  1. fervour (emotional passion or enthusiasm)
  2. Intense heat or fieriness.
  3. (rare) Tempestuousness, raging.

Descendants

  • English: fervor, fervour
  • Scots: fervour

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