Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Fervid \Fer"vid\, a. [L. fervidus, fr. fervere. See {Fervent}.]
   1. Very hot; burning; boiling.

            The mounted sun Shot down direct his fervid rays.
                                                  --Milton.

   2. Ardent; vehement; zealous.

            The fervid wishes, holy fires.        --Parnell.
      -- {Fer"vid*ly}, adv. -- {Fer"vid*ness}, n.

Source : WordNet®

fervid
     adj 1: characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent
            lover"; "a burning enthusiasm"; "a fervent desire to
            change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory";
            "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair" [syn:
            {ardent}, {burning(a)}, {fervent}, {fiery}, {impassioned},
             {perfervid}, {torrid}]
     2: extremely hot; "the fervent heat...merely communicated a
        genial warmth to their half-torpid systems"- Nathaniel
        Hawthorne; "set out...when the fervid heat subsides"-
        Frances Trollope [syn: {fervent}]