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fervid

Postby William Hupy » Tue Nov 25, 2014 6:25 pm

You can use this word, meaning glowing, burning, OR you can ramp it up to "perfervid"(not perverted) which means completely burned up, maybe even vehement, perfervid, that is, not perverted.
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Re: fervid

Postby Slava » Tue Nov 25, 2014 9:55 pm

Does anyone else feel that this word carries a somewhat, or even blatant, pejorative meaning? The per- prefix makes me feel that the fervidity has perhaps been carried too far.
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Re: fervid

Postby Perry Lassiter » Wed Nov 26, 2014 12:22 am

Not necessarily. As a writer, I might use the term to refer to a lawyer, fervid for his client, or an activist, fervid for his cause.
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