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perfervid
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Adjective perfervid has 1 sense
- perfervid(s = adj.all) ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, torrid - characterized by intense emotion; "ardent love"; "an ardent lover"; "a fervent desire to change society"; "a fervent admirer"; "fiery oratory"; "an impassioned appeal"; "a torrid love affair"
CIDE DICTIONARY
perfervid, a. [Pref. per- + fervid.].
Very fervid; too fervid; glowing; ardent. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
perfervid, adj. literary very fervid.
Derivative
perfervidly adv. perfervidness n.
Etymology
mod.L perfervidus (as PER-, FERVID)
THESAURUS
perfervid
abandoned, afire, ardent, at fever pitch, bigoted, blazing, burning, committed, dedicated, delirious, devoted, devout, earnest, enhanced, extravagant, extreme, extremist, faithful, fanatic, fanatical, febrile, fervent, fervid, feverish, fiery, flaming, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, furious, glowing, haggard, hearty, heated, hectic, heightened, hot, hot-blooded, hysteric, impassioned, in earnest, infatuated, inordinate, insane, intense, intensified, intent, intent on, irrational, loyal, on fire, overanxious, overdesirous, overeager, overenthusiastic, overreligious, overzealous, passionate, rabid, red-hot, resolute, serious, sincere, spirited, ultrazealous, unreasonable, vehement, warm, white-hot, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking, zealotic, zealous
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