fervid

adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent

lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to

change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";

"an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:

{ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fiery}, {impassioned},

{perfervid}, {torrid}]

2: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a

genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel

Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"-

Frances Trollope [syn: {fervent}]