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vehemence
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Vehemence \Ve"he*mence\, n. [L. vehementia: cf. F.
v['e]h['e]mence.]
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1. The quality or state of being vehement; impetuous force;
impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence of the
wind; to speak with vehemence.
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2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the
vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.
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I . . . tremble at his vehemence of temper.
--Addison.
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