ardor, ardure

[In Fr. ardeur; Sp. & Port. ardor; Ital. ardore, ardura; fro.n Lat. ardor (1) a burning, fire, (2) brilliancy, (3) fire of affection or pa ion.] 1. Lit .: Heat, as of the sun, a fire, . "Joy, like a ray of the sun, reflects with a greater ardour and quickne , when it rebounds upon a man from the breast of his friend."- South . 2. Figuratively : (a) Heat of the affections or of the pa ions, of courage, of zeal, . "The wicked enchaufing or ardure of this sin."Chaucer: The Per sones Tale . "Wounds, charms, and ardours were no sooner read, But all the vision vanished from thy head." Pope: Rape of the Lock , i. 119, 120. "Unmov'd the mind of Ithacus remain'd, And the vain ardours of our love restrain'd." Pope . "Neither his years nor his profe ion had wholly extinguished his martial ardour ." - Macaulay: Hist. Eng . , chap. v. (b) Poetically : A shining being. "Nor delay'd the winged saint, After his charge receiv'd; but, from among You sand celestial ardours , where he stood Veil'd with his gorgeous wings, up-springing light, Flew thro' the midst of heav'n." Milton: P. L., bk. v. ar-dū'-i-ty, S. [In Sp. arduidad ; Ital. arduita , arduitade , arduitate ; Lat. arduitas = steepne ; from arduus .] [ARDUOUS.] Arduousne . (Johnson.)