Definitions for ardor

ardor ar·dor

Spelling: [ahr-der]
IPA: /ˈɑr dər/

Ardor is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 6 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 42 anagrams from letters in ardor (adorr).

Definitions for ardor

noun

  1. great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
  2. intense devotion, eagerness, or enthusiasm; zeal:
  3. burning heat.

Origin of ardor

1350-1400; Middle English Latin, equivalent to ārd(ēre) to burn + -or -or1; replacing Middle English ardure Old French ardur Lati

Examples for ardor

Though they look like little potsers and nudniks—wise men of Chelm—they are made vibrant by the ardor of their claims.

Man-like, hot with the ardor of the chase, he was deaf and blind to all else.

The ardor of Mr. Gladstone's feelings on this subject is notorious.

It was a problem which he debated with an ardor that had in it something of passion.

Primary voters have two qualities by which they operate: ardor and calculation.

He had been prepared for it, and to resist it, and break it down by the ardor of his appeal.

The GOP had its ardor candidates, like Pat Buchanan in 1992, but they were understood to be temporary phenomena or unelectable.

This feeling, be it understood, in no wise chilled my ardor.

In the end, talent and technique got the better of ardor and audacity.

I wish that the ardor for information on our jobs initiative would be as strong as it is on this other subject.

Word Value for ardor
Scrable

6

Words with friends

6

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