Literary notes about perfervid (AI summary)
In literature, "perfervid" frequently conveys an intensity of passion or zeal that permeates both speech and thought. Writers employ the term to describe everything from an impassioned outburst of language [1] to a fervent, almost combustible patriotism or personal conviction [2], [3]. It not only illustrates high emotional states—such as a piercing lucidity in moments of inspiration [4] or the impetuous enchantment of imaginative expression [5]—but also serves as a marker of ideological ardor, whether in political manifestos or heartfelt communications. Thus, "perfervid" becomes a versatile adjective that encapsulates the raw, incandescent energy of its subjects across diverse narrative contexts [6], [7].
- I thought–––” Perfervid language followed.
— from When the West Was Young by Frederick R. (Frederick Ritchie) Bechdolt - Burns, despite his perfervid patriotism, was in many ways "a starry stranger."
— from Thomas Carlyle by John Nichol - He was an enthusiast, more than commonly perfervid, even for a Scot.
— from Memoirs of Sir Wemyss Reid 1842-1885 by T. Wemyss (Thomas Wemyss) Reid - She hardly expected an answer, but Honora developed a perfervid lucidity.
— from The Precipice: A Novel by Elia Wilkinson Peattie - Behold me then, a high-strung, delicate, hysterical youth, weeping in an agony of shameful horror evoked of a perfervid imagination.
— from Peregrine's Progress by Jeffery Farnol - My mother's family were perfervid Abolitionists, accepting the extremest utterances of Garrison and Wendell Phillips.
— from The Last Leaf Observations, during Seventy-Five Years, of Men and Events in America and Europe by James Kendall Hosmer - This I knew perfectly well, but I could not check the perfervid rush of my song.
— from A Son of the Middle Border by Hamlin Garland
