perfervid
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Perfervid madness by Robert Downey, an unlikely but hilarious combination of the old West and the New Testament.
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His vastly clever Perfervid: or the Career of Ninian Jamieson is cast in two parts which neither unite to make a whole, nor are sufficiently independent to stand complete in themselves.
From Adventures in Criticism by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir
Perfervid conversation ensued between the trio in which little Martha tearfully ordered the villain to release her.
From A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life by Seely, Herman Gastrell
Perfervid, per-fer′vid, adj. very fervid: very hot or eager.—n.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
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The Suffix -id, Part 4
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