præfervid, a.
(priːˈfɜːvɪd)
[ad. L. præfervid-us: see pre- A. 5 and fervid.]
Very fervid: an intentional alteration, after the L. original, of the usual perfervid, q.v.
| [1714 Col. Blackader Diary Feb. in Life xviii. (1834) 444 Our national temper, the praefervidum ingenium imposes upon us for zeal.] 1885 Pall Mall G. 13 Nov. 3/2 The praefervid Scot can tread his native heath without having to blush at the thought that [etc.]. 1890 British Weekly 13 June 102 The Scot..flung into the liberal principles of the great university on the Seine his own tenacious and (as Buchanan spells it) praefervid nature. |