perferventadj.
/pəːˈfəːv(ə)nt/, /pəˈfəːv(ə)nt/, U.S. /ˌpərˈfərv(ə)nt/ rare.
= perfervid adj.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > very fervid
praefervida1722
perfervid1833
perfervent1888
1888 Harper's Mag. Dec. 158/1 Prompting others to gifts and alms by kindly poems, by perfervent essays.
1905 Polit. Sci. Q. 20 104 Even the most perfervent advocate of individualism admits this as a necessary function of the state.
1949 J. Pope-Hennessy Monckton Milnes v. 101 With Milnes admiration quickly became exaggerated, perfervent and public.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
<
adj.1888- macramé
- macramé lace
- macramé work
- macrandrous
- macraner
- macrauchene
- macrauchenia
- macrencephalies
- macrencephaly
- macrencephalyes
- macrencephalys
- macrergate
- macrio
- macritude
- macro
- macro focusing
- macro lens
- macro level
- macro-
- macro-algonquian
- macro-axis
- macro-economist
- macro-engineering
- macro-farad
- macro-historical