ardor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   feelings of great warmth and intensity

   I spoke with great ardor.

2. 2
   noun

   a feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause)

   they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor

3. 3
   noun

   Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

   I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.

4. 4
   noun

   intense feeling of love

5. 5
   noun

   Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

6. 6
   noun

   Intense heat.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs-eh₁yeti Proto-Italic *āzēō Latin āreō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Latin -idus Latin āridus Latin ārdus Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁yeti Proto-Italic *-ēō Latin -eō Latin ārdeō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin ārdorbor. Old French ardur Anglo-Norman ardourbor. Middle English ardour English ardor From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardur, from Latin…