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fervid

UK/ˈfɜː.vɪd//ˈfɝ.vɪd/

fervid adjective: intensely hot; radiating with energy.

Adjective

fervid (comparative more fervid or fervider, superlative most fervid or fervidest)

  1. Intensely hot; radiating with energy.
    • 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
    • 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
  2. (figuratively) lively, spirited, or frenzied due to being ardent, passionate, and zealous.
    Synonyms:
    ardent, fervent
    Antonyms:
    frigid

fervid meaning in Tamil and Malayalam

fervid in Tamil

இதமான, தீவிரமான, ஆழ்ந்த

fervid in Malayalam

ardent, fervent, passionate
വികാരതീവ്രമായ, തീക്ഷ്ണമായ, ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന, ഉൽക്കടമായ, വികാരവിജൃംഭിതമായ, അതിതീക്ഷ്ണ

Synonyms of fervid

Antonyms

Forms of fervid

comparativemore fervid
comparativefervider
superlativemost fervid
superlativefervidest

Origin of fervid

Borrowed from Latin fervidus, from ferveō. By surface analysis, Latin ferv- + id.

Words formed from fervid

Questions about fervid

What does fervid mean?
Fervid means intensely hot; radiating with energy.
What is fervid in Tamil?
Fervid in Tamil is இதமான, தீவிரமான, ஆழ்ந்த. See Fervid meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is fervid?
Fervid is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fervid?
Fervid is pronounced /ˈfɝ.vɪd/ (US).

Words near fervid in the dictionary

  1. fervently
  2. ferventness
  3. fervenulin
  4. fervescence
  5. fervescent
  6. fervid
  7. fervid plagodis
  8. fervider
  9. fervidest
  10. fervidity
  11. fervidly

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: fervid (page history and authors); fervid (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); fervid (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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