单词 | perfervid |
释义 | perfervidadj. Very fervid; ardent, impassioned. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [adjective] > very fervid praefervida1722 perfervid1833 perfervent1888 1833 Foreign Q. Rev. 11 476 An ordinary invective against Austrian oppression, conceived and executed in the usual perfervid manner of Italian partizanship. 1852 N. Brit. Rev. Aug. 286 Without maintaining at present that all Scotchmen are perfervid..it will be enough to refer to the instances which prove at least that some Scotchmen have this character. 1884 Harper's Mag. Dec. 115/2 With perfervid gratitude. 1935 A. F. Murison Memoirs 145 Perfervid remonstrance came from all ends of the earth about the strictures I had made on the patriotism of Bruce. 1969 Daily Tel. 13 Nov. 9/2 An Israeli journalist whose exploits in bed are as perfervid as her patriotism. 1990 M. Martin Keys of this Blood iii. x. 200 He passed rapidly from the undigested Judaism of his childhood into a short but perfervid period of Lutheranism. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1833 |
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