Ardor: Definition and part of speech

Ardor

  1. n. Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim.
  2. n. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun’s rays.
  3. n. Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

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