ferv-
(Latin: to boil; hot; to begin to boil, to be hot; deeply earnest; ardent)
perfervid (adjective), more perfervid, most perfervid
1. Descriptive of someone or something that is very fervent; extremely ardent; impassioned: Adam's
perfervid patriotism was considered by his friends to be outstanding.
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Simon had the most perfervid devotion to being a computer expert.
2. Etymology: from Latin perfervidus, from per-, "utterly, throughly" + fervidus, "fiery, glowing hot".Go to this Word A Day Revisited Index
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