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English
Pronunciation
Noun
ardour (countable and uncountable, plural ardours)
- British, Canada, and Australia spelling of ardor
1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. , volume III, London: for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, →OCLC, page 120:I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.
1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:The purpose of my visit, and the frightful abnormalities it postulated struck at me all at once with a chill sensation that nearly over-balanced my ardour for strange delvings.
Translations
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Anglo-Norman ardour, ardur, from Latin ārdor, ārdōrem; compare ardaunt.
Pronunciation
Noun
ardour (plural ardours) (rare, Late Middle English)
- ardour (emotional passion or intensity)
- A fiery, painful feeling.
Descendants
References
Old French
Noun
ardour oblique singular, f (oblique plural ardours, nominative singular ardour, nominative plural ardours)
- Late Anglo-Norman spelling of ardur
- toun ardour et l’estudie de aprendre deit estre provee