20 November 2017
ardent
[ahr-dnt]
adjective
1. having, expressive of, or characterized by intense feeling; passionate; fervent:
an ardent vow; ardent love.
2. intensely devoted, eager, or enthusiastic; zealous:
an ardent theatergoer. an ardent student of French history.
3. vehement; fierce:
They were frightened by his ardent, burning eyes.
4. burning, fiery, or hot:
the ardent core of a star.
Origin of ardent
Latin
1325-1375; < Latin ārdent- (stem of ārdēns, present participle of ārdēre to burn), equivalent to ārd- burn + -ent- -ent; replacing
Middle English ardant < Middle French
Related forms
ardently, adverb
ardency [ahr-dn-see] (Show IPA), ardentness, noun
Synonyms
1. fervid, eager, impassioned. 2. avid.
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Contemporary Examples
The outré character is sure to throw even the most ardent fans of the Golden Globe winner for a loop.
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The pathetic dives and writhing on the field is a turn off to the most ardent American fan.
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No one agreed more than the members of an ardent and motivated fan base within the CIA.
Why the CIA Loved ‘Doctor Zhivago’
Kevin Canfield
June 25, 2014
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Today’s quote
There is no greatness where there is no simplicity, goodness and truth.
– Leo Tolstoy
On this day
20 November 1900 – birth of Chester Gould, American creator of the cartoon strip, ‘Dick Tracy’. He drew the comic strip from 1931 to 1977. Died 11 May 1985.
20 November 1910 – death of Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, (‘Anna Karenina‘, ‘War and Peace‘). Born 9 September 1828.
20 November 1947 – Princess Elizabeth, who is crowned Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, marries Phillip Mountbatten in Westminster Abbey.
20 November 1985 – Microsoft launches Windows 1.01, a graphical user interface for personal computers. The program required MS-DOS to operate.