Both Uses
ardent
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My Antonia
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- As for Jim, no disappointments have been severe enough to chill his naturally romantic and ardent disposition.†
Book Intr. *ardent = feeling intense emotion (often enthusiasm or love)
- I believed her young, ardent, reckless, disillusioned, under sentence, feverish, avid of pleasure.†
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Definitions:
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(1)
(ardent) showing or feeling intense emotion -- typically strong positive feelings such as enthusiasm or love
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)