ferv-

(Latin: to boil; hot; to begin to boil, to be hot; deeply earnest; ardent)

effervesce (verb), effervesces; effervesced; effervescing
1. To break into violent chemical action.
2. To give off bubbles of gas; especially, as the result of chemical action; to bubble.
3. Of the gas itself; to issue forth in bubbles.
4. To stir up, to excite, to exhilarate.
effervescence (s) (noun), effervescences (pl)
A bubbling up as if boiling; the tumultuous rise of bubbles of gas from a fluid; especially, as the result of chemical action without necessarily implying heat.
effervescent (s) (adjective), more effervescent, most effervescent
Referring to something that has the actions of rising in bubbles.
effervescent (adjective), more effervescent, most effervescent
A description of a lively or exciting quality of behavior: Rachel's effervescent personality was charming and very attractive while she was greeting the guests as they came to attend her sister's wedding.
Characteristic of being gay, lively, and exuberant.
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effervescible (adjective), more effervescible, most effervescible
1. Relating to the production of gas in the form of bubbles.
2. A reference to becoming excited.
effervescing (adjective), more effervescing, most effervescing
effervescingly (adverb), more effervescingly, most effervescingly
Descriptive of giving off bubbles.
effervescive (adjective), more effervescive, most effervescive
A reference to giving rapidly giving off a gas in the form of bubbles that are caused throughout a liquid.
fervent (adjective), more fervent, most fervent
1. Pertaining to being hot, burning, or boiling: The fervent coals in Tina's fireplace could still be seen even when all of the lights were turned off at night.
2. Relating to people, their passions, dispositions, or actions; ardent, intensely earnest: Virginia's father was a very fervent teacher who always helped parents to improve their children's reading skills.
Conveying heartfelt feeling.
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Descriptive of being extremely earnest in supporting a conviction.
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fervently (adverb), more fervently, most fervently
Referring to the warmth of feeling; ardently, earnestly, passionately: Harry fervently desired to be with his wife when she returned from visiting her parents for a week.
fervescence (s) (noun), fervescences (pl)
An increase in body temperature above normal; a fever.
fervescent (adjective), more fervescent, most fervescent
Relating to growing hot.
fervid (adjective), more fervid, most fervid
1. A reference to being intensely eager and showing great feeling for something or someone: It was hard to persuade Leslie to come to dinner because he had a fervid desire to watch the latest basketball game on TV.
2. Relating to something that is extremely hot; burning, glowing: The air conditioner was on the whole day in Elizabeth's house because of the fervid summer temperatures outside.
Descriptive of being ardent and zealous.
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fervidly (adverb), more fervidly, most fervidly
A reference to doing something with intense eagerness: Max fervidly played a piano during the musical presentation.
fervor (s) (noun), fervors (pl)
1. An intensity of emotion or passion: The Smiths were enthusiastic churchgoers on Sundays which expressed their religious fervor.
2. A warmth or glow of feeling, a vehemence, or an intense zeal: The applause of the audience following the concert was filled with such fervor that the musicians had to give an encore!
3. A high degree of heat and a glowing condition: The animals in the farmer's barn had to flee from the intense fervor caused by the fire where the livestock were.
Descriptive of an intense feeling.
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Related "heat, hot" word units: pyreto-; thermo-.

Related "bubble" word unit: ebulli-.