ferment
noun/ˈfɜːment/
/ˈfɜːrment/
[uncountable, singular] (formal)- a state of political or social excitement and activity, often with a lack of order
- a period of intense political ferment
- The country is in ferment.
- the artistic ferment of the late sixth century
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- great
- intense
- artistic
- …
- in (a) ferment
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French ferment (noun), fermenter (verb), based on Latin fermentum ‘yeast’, from fervere ‘to boil’.
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