fervid

comparative more fervid · comparative fervider · superlative most fervid · superlative fervidest

1. Intensely hot; radiating with energy.

   In daylight, and in beauty from his birth: / Whose fervid, flickering torch of life was lit / From the sun and stars, whence he had drawn forth / A passionate light […]

   1884 [1827], Edgar Allan Poe, “Communion with Nature”, in Richard Herne Shepherd, editor, Tamerlane and Other Poems, London: George Redway

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   Four years ago—in 1874—two young Englishmen had occasion to go to the United States. They crossed the ocean at midsummer, and, arriving in New York on the first day of August, were much struck with the fervid temperature of that city.

   1878, Henry James, An International Episode

2. figurativelylively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.

   Synonyms: ardent, fervent, see Thesaurus:enthusiastic · Antonyms: frigid