fervid

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ˈfɜrvɪd/ UK /ˈfɜːvɪd/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
intensely passionate or ardent; burning with feeling

His fervid speech roused the crowd.

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Synonyms

1 adj · intensely passionate or... ardent passionate fervent impassioned burning zealous vehement

Opposites

cold apathetic dispassionate indifferent

Word family

Derived forms fervidlyfervidness

Related forms fervent fervorfervency

Etymology

From Latin fervidus ('glowing hot, fiery'), from fervere ('to boil, glow'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- ('to boil, ferment').

fervidus Latin fervere Latin *bʰrew- Proto-Indo-European

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# fervid

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ˈfɜrvɪd/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈfɜːvɪd/

## Meanings
1. intensely passionate or ardent; burning with feeling

## Examples
- His fervid speech roused the crowd.

## Synonyms
- ardent
- passionate
- fervent
- impassioned
- burning
- zealous
- vehement

## Antonyms
- cold
- apathetic
- dispassionate
- indifferent

## Derived Forms
- fervidly
- fervidness

## Related Forms
- fervent
- fervor
- fervency

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: fervidus
- Root: fervere
- Root: *bʰrew-

## Etymology
From Latin fervidus ('glowing hot, fiery'), from fervere ('to boil, glow'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- ('to boil, ferment').

## AI Etymology
Fervid comes from Latin fervidus ('glowing hot, fiery'), from fervere ('to boil, glow'), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew- ('to boil, ferment'). The development is chiefly a borrowing or learned continuation, carrying an older form and meaning into English rather than building the word from a purely native base. In present use, it is used as an adjective meaning "intensely passionate or ardent; burning with feeling", so the historical material remains connected with the current sense rather than standing as bare ancestry. The wider English family includes derivatives such as fervidly and fervidness and related forms such as fervent, fervor, and fervency, showing how the same historical material continues to organize neighboring vocabulary. The named historical forms include Latin fervidus, Latin fervere, and Proto-Indo-European *bʰrew-, keeping the history tied to concrete forms rather than a loose resemblance.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities

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