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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: intensely zealous or fervid; "fierce white-hot loyalty"
2: glowing white with heat; "white flames"; "a white-hot center of the fire" [syn: white, white-hot]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1795 1. being at or radiating white heat 2. a. extremely hot b. exhibiting or marked by extreme fervor or zeal <white-hot enthusiasm>

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

White-hot White"-hot`, a. White with heat; heated to whiteness, or incandescence.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If something is white-hot, it is extremely hot. It is important to get the coals white-hot before you start. ADJ