fervid
intensely enthusiastic or heated
Root
- ferv: boiling heat or intensity
Other words with the ferv root
- effervescent: bubbly or lively
- ferment: to undergo change; to stir up unrest
- fervent: intensely passionate or earnest
- fervor: intense and passionate feeling
- fever: high body temperature; intense excitement
Fervid feeling boils over; heat becomes passion.
Her fervid speech made the cautious committee feel the urgency of the cause.
The temperature image matters: calm interest has become heat.