Ardent (adj): 1. enthusiastic eager
2. fiery and hot
3. shining or glowing
"...to stop the whole stream of incoherent and ardent consolations he was addressing to his mother..." (Dostoevsky, 197)
Ardent sports fans frequently paint their faces in support of their teams.
Dostoevsky, Fyodor. Crime and Punishment. Trans. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1993. Print.
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