ferventとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA: /ˈfɝ.vənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈfɜː.vənt/
• ハイフネーション: fer‧vent
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)vənt

形容詞

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.
   • 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, chapter 3, in Mathilda:

     As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

   • 2022 June 2, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, “Biden makes fervent plea for stricter gun laws: ‘How much more carnage are we willing to accept?’”, in CNN‎:

     President Joe Biden issued a fervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws – including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase – as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on Capitol Hill about how to prevent them.

2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.
   • 1876, Wilkie Collins, “Mr. Captain and the Nymph,”, in Little Novels:

     Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 2 Peter 3:10:

     But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

派生語

関連する語

• fever
• ferment
• fervid
• fervor

Further reading

• “fervent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fervent”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
• “fervent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

語源

Borrowed from Old French fervent, from Latin fervēns, ferventem; compare fervour.

発音

• IPA: /fɛrˈvɛnt/, /ˈfɛrvɛnt/

形容詞

fervent

1. fervent (very hot)
2. (by extension) tempestuous, fierce
3. fervent (ardent, enthusiastic)
4. (pathology) inflamed, feverous

派生語

• fervently
• ferventnesse

派生した語

• English: fervent
• Scots: fervent

参照

• “fervent, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.