Hip Glossary: Fervent

Fer"vent (?), a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p.pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]

1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.

source:1913 websters dictionary