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Subject: I would normally post RTFM, but your request was so polite and literate...
Author: Nanaea   (Authenticated as Nanaea)
Date: August 11, 2001 at 5:57:47 AM
Reply to: meaning of a name by valerie woodruff
...that I'll cut you some slack for not following instructions. :)

"Ardis" comes from the Latin "ardens, ardentis", meaning "hot, glowing, burning, fiery". Also springing from the same Latin root is the English word "ardent", meaning: "having, expressive of, or characterized by intense emotion; fervent."

Alternately, "Ardis" can be taken to mean "from the forest of Arden" in England. This forest was the setting for Shakespeare's comedy, *As You Like It*.

-- Nanaea



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