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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: 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" [syn: ardor, ardour, elan, zeal]
2: intense feeling of love [syn: ardor, ardour]
3: feelings of great warmth and intensity; "he spoke with great ardor" [syn: ardor, ardour, fervor, fervour, fervency, fire, fervidness]

Merriam Webster's

chiefly British variant of ardor

Oxford Reference Dictionary

(US ardor) n. zeal, burning enthusiasm, passion. Etymology: ME f. OF f. L ardor -oris f. ardere burn

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Ardor Ar"dor, n. [L. ardor, fr. ardere to burn: cf. OF. ardor, ardur, F. ardeur.] [Spelt also ardour.] 1. Heat, in a literal sense; as, the ardor of the sun's rays. 2. Warmth or heat of passion or affection; eagerness; zeal; as, he pursues study with ardor; the fought with ardor; martial ardor. 3. pl. Bright and effulgent spirits; seraphim. [Thus used by Milton.] Syn: Fervor; warmth; eagerness. See Fervor.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

Note: in AM, use 'ardor' Ardour is a strong, intense feeling of love or enthusiasm for someone or something. (LITERARY) ...songs of genuine passion and ardour. = passion, fervour