Associations to the word «Ardor»

Wiktionary

ARDOR, noun. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
ARDOR, noun. Spirit.
ARDOR, noun. Intense heat.

Dictionary definition

ARDOR, noun. A feeling of strong eagerness (usually in favor of a person or cause); "they were imbued with a revolutionary ardor"; "he felt a kind of religious zeal".
ARDOR, noun. Intense feeling of love.
ARDOR, noun. Feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats