vehement

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions

   I will vehemently deny that!

2. 2
   adj

   characterized by great force or energy

   Yesterday there were vehement deluges of rain.

Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

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