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Caring so hard it generates its own thermal signature.
means Burning with passion, enthusiasm, or devotion — intensely eager about something or someone.
from From Latin ardere, to burn, via ardentem — literally on fire. The metaphor was always the point: feeling hot enough to glow.
Chemistry cameoArdent spirits once meant distilled, flammable liquor.
Same rootShares ancestry with arson and ardor.
Temperature scaleStronger than keen, cooler than rabid.