ARDENT, ARDENTLY, ARDOUR
ADJECTIVES
1297 ► EAGER ardent, strenuous, impetuous; fierce, angry, furious → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1400 ► LOWING full of ardour or passion
1430 ► EARNESTFUL ardent, intense; earnest; sincerely zealous → obs.
1481 ► ARDAUNT ardent → obs.
1483 ► AFFECTUAL ardent, earnest, eager, hearty → obs.
1494 ► AFFECTUOUS ardent, eager, hearty; earnest in feeling or desire → obs.
1521 ► FLAGRANT ardent, intensely eager or earnest → obs.
1659 ► SERAPHIC ardent, zealous; burning or inflamed with love or zeal; ecstatically adoring
1668 ► WARM ardent, lively, glowing; said of ideas, expectations, etc.
1674 ► SMIRK ardent, eager → obs.
1770 ► ARDUROUS ardent, full of ardour → poetic usage
1831 ► WARM-BLOODED ardent, fervent, passionate
1833 ► PERFERVID very ardent or fervid, impassioned
1838 ► REITHE ardent, keen → Sc. obs.
1847 ► SANGUINEOUS ardent, confident, sanguine → obs.
1885 ► BLOODFUL full of ardour, courage, or spirit → (Bk.)
1891 ► ARD ardent, hot → sl. obs.
1900 ► GYPE keen, ardent, eager in any operation → Sc. (Bk.)
1955 ► DEAR ardent, keen → Amer. dial.
ADVERBS
1450 ► AFFECTUOUSLY ardently, eagerly, earnestly; with earnest feeling or desire → obs.
1895 ► BRENNINGLY ardently; burningly → obs. (Bk.)
NOUNS
1513 ► FAIRD → FARD ardour, impetuosity; a violent onset → Sc. obs.
1581 ► EDGE ardour, keenness in pursuit of an object → obs.
1596 ► CALENTURE ardour, burning passion, zeal, heat, glow
1632 ► ARDENTNESS ardour, earnestness; the quality of being ardent
1660 ► FOUGUE ardour, fury, passion, impetuosity → obs.
1689 ► HEAT ardour of temperament; passionateness, excitability → obs.
1709 ► EMPRESSEMENT ardour, eagerness; cordiality; zeal; enthusiasm; animated display of friendliness → arch.
1854 ► IMPRESSMENT ardour, earnestness
1880 ► ELAN ardour; zeal; enthusiasm; impetuousness, vivacity
1904 ► REITHNES ardour, eagerness → Sc. (Bk.)
NOUNS, PERSON
1819 ► AFICIONADO an ardent follower of any sport, activity, or pastime; a connoisseur or dedicated student of some activity
VERBS
1300 ► TAKE TO HEART to be ardent, zealous, or solicitous about → obs.
1924 ► TURN ONE’S DAMPER DOWN to cool one’s ardour or enthusiasm → US sl.
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