perfervid

American  

[per-fur-vid] / pərˈfɜr vɪd /

adjective

1. very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned.

   perfervid patriotism.

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perfervid British  

/ pɜːˈfɜːvɪd /

adjective

1. literary extremely ardent, enthusiastic, or zealous

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Other Word Forms

• perfervidity noun
• perfervidly adverb
• perfervidness noun
• perfervor noun

Etymology

Origin of perfervid

First recorded in 1855–60; New Latin perfervidus, per-, fervid

Example Sentences

Two young saxophonists of bright, perfervid attack and deep assurance, Richardson, 39, and Wilkins, 22, have a lot in common.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2020

Playing his part, Owen carried poetry into battle: the strange, futuristic work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the perfervid verse of Swinburne, each with their own mortal relationships to the sea.

From The Guardian • Nov. 3, 2018

But free silver, as articulated in the perfervid “Cross of Gold” speech, had been the making of Bryan as a national politician, and he couldn’t bear to let it go.

From Washington Post • Jan. 27, 2017

Beman dispatched his then-deputy commissioner to fly to our offices in Connecticut and pound on the table with his shoe, which I recall Finchem doing with perfervid outrage.

From Golf Digest • Nov. 8, 2016

Let us try another, possibly a little less perfervid.

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William