perfervid
/pəːˈfəːvɪd/
perfervid adjective: extremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous.
Adjective
perfervid (comparative more perfervid, superlative most perfervid)
- 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...1939, Philip George Chadwick, The Death Guard, page 58
- In this case he saw himself sitting beside the breathing slender figure of Pia like someone in an old engraving – a beastly old Rembrandt exhaling the perfervid gloom of Protestantism and a diet of turnips.1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 177
- Synonyms:
- fervid, eager, ardent, enthusiastic
Synonyms of perfervid
Forms of perfervid
| comparative | more perfervid |
|---|---|
| superlative | most perfervid |
Origin of perfervid
From Late Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- + fervidus. By surface analysis, per- + fervid; compare pellucid.
Words formed from perfervid
Questions about perfervid
- What does perfervid mean?
- Perfervid means extremely, excessively, or feverishly passionate; zealous.
- What part of speech is perfervid?
- Perfervid is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce perfervid?
- Perfervid is pronounced /pəːˈfəːvɪd/ (UK).
Words near perfervid in the dictionary
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