What is "ferventness"

Fervent \Fer"vent\, a. [F. fervent, L. fervens, -entis. p. pr. of fervere o the boiling hot, to boil, glow.]

1. Hot; glowing; boiling; burning; as, a fervent summer.

   The elements shall melt with fervent heat.
   --2 Pet. iii. 10.

2. Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing. Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit. --Rom. iii. 1

   1. So spake the fervent angel.
      --Milton.

      A fervent desire to promote the happiness of mankind.
      --Macaulay. -- Fer"vent*ly, adv. -- Fer"vent*ness, n.

      Laboring fervently for you in prayers.
      --Col. iv. 1

n. Quality of being fervent.