Perfervid

//pəːˈfəːvɪd// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Extremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous.

    "Manders — perfervid — 'hell'-ing excitedly (was there no one left on earth to convert but me?), quoting over a century from Marx and Nietzsche to Lenin, Lloyd George, and Eden, and on to Vessant and Mundaine and himself..."

Adjective
  1. 1
    characterized by intense emotion wordnet

Synonyms

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fervidimpassionedabandonedafireardentardent

Example

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"The candidate made perfervid promises of reform."

Etymology

From Late Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- + fervidus. By surface analysis, per- + fervid; compare pellucid.

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