Thursday, November 8, 2007

word of the day:

perfervid (puhr-FUHR-vid) adjective
Extremely or excessively passionate.
[From Latin perfervidus, from Latin per- (thoroughly) + fervidus (boiling).Ultimately from the Indo-European root bhreu- (to boil or to bubble), thatis also the source of brew, bread, broth, braise, brood, breed, and barmy.]

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