perfervid (ˌ)pər-ˈfər-vəd , ˈpər- adjective
: characterized by intense emotion
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The word perfervid has appeared in eight articles on NYTimes.com in the past year, including on Feb. 7 in the obituary “Roger Kahn, Who Lifted Sportswriting With ‘Boys of Summer,’ Dies at 92” by Bruce Weber:
In the spring of 1952, he was a 24-year-old reporter for The New York Herald Tribune when he was assigned to travel with the Dodgers. It was a rich time in the game’s history, especially in New York, the undisputed center of the baseball universe, home to three teams and three perfervid fan bases.
For 10 seasons, from 1947 to 1956, one New York team or another — the Yankees, the Giants or the Dodgers — won every World Series but one. The Yankees were in the midst of their still unequaled streak of five consecutive World Series victories.
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