a. Obs. Also 7 -erous. [f. next + -OUS.] Full of fervour; ardent, warm.
1602. T. Fitzherbert, Apol., 36 b. As spiritual, and feruerous in the loue of God, as they are carnal and fyry in sensual appetyt.
1658. Slingsby, Diary (1836), 203. Your desire rather, to appear faithful and fervorous Professors, then forward and contentious Disputants.
1669. Woodhead, St. Teresa, I. xv. 94. They had a mind to cool the fervorous employment of the Will.
