Meaning & use
perfervid
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Marked by extreme or excessive fervor; intensely and often overly passionate or enthusiastic.
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The candidate's perfervid speech roused the crowd to cheers, though some found it overblown.
Critics dismissed the perfervid prose of the tabloid as more sensational than accurate.
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Built from Latin "per-" (thoroughly) plus "fervidus" (fervent), "perfervid" intensifies "fervid" to suggest passion bordering on excess.
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