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perfervid

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per·fer·vid  (pr-fûrvd)
adj.
Extremely or extravagantly eager; impassioned or zealous.
per·fervid·ly adv.
per·fervid·ness n.
perfervid [pɜːˈfɜːvɪd]
adj
(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) Literary extremely ardent, enthusiastic, or zealous
[from New Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- (intensive) + fervidus fervid]
perfervidly  adv
perfervidness  n
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Adj.1.perfervid - 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"
ardent, fervent, fervid, fiery, impassioned, torrid
passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
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After a season of scepticism he had become a religious man, like the rest of his race, but in his own fashion, which was not at all the fashion of my grandfather: a Friend who had married out of Meeting, and had ended a perfervid Methodist.
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"I don't know where I was most miserable," I rejoined, beginning to see the matter in a less perfervid light.
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