Dictionary entry

Vehemence

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Ve″he‐mence (?), n. [L. vehementia: cf. F. véhémence.]

1. The quality or state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence of the wind; to speak with vehemence.

2. Violent ardor; great heat; animated fervor; as, the vehemence of love, anger, or other passions.

I... tremble at his vehemence of temper. Addison.