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fervourless

UK/ˈfəːvələs/

fervourless adjective: without fervour.

Adjective

fervourless (comparative more fervourless, superlative most fervourless)

  1. Without fervour.
    • The ancient pulse of germ and birth
      Was shrunken hard and dry,
      And every spirit upon earth
      Seemed fervourless as I.1900, Thomas Hardy, The Darkling Thrush
    • She had accepted her husband's faith after a fervourless girlhood from a mixture of reasons badly thought out.1978, Jane Gardam, God on the Rocks, Abacus, published 2014, page 26

Forms of fervourless

comparativemore fervourless
superlativemost fervourless
alternative formfervorless

Origin of fervourless

From fervour + -less.

Words formed from fervourless

Questions about fervourless

What does fervourless mean?
Fervourless means without fervour.
What part of speech is fervourless?
Fervourless is an adjective.
How do you pronounce fervourless?
Fervourless is pronounced /ˈfəːvələs/ (UK).

Words near fervourless in the dictionary

  1. fervorless
  2. fervorlessness
  3. fervorous
  4. fervors
  5. fervour
  6. fervourless
  7. fervourlessness
  8. fervourous
  9. fervours
  10. Ferwerderadiel
  11. fery

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