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THE words “transfervent” and “transfervency” are similar in form to “transparent” and “transparency,” and clearly convey their meaning to those who cannot trace them to their source. In number of syllables, also, and in sound are they not more English, or as a Greek might say, less barbarian than words of five, six, or seven syllables which are coined directly from the Greek, but which do not suit so well the Saxon tongue?
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ADAMS, W. “Diathermanous” or “Transfervent”. Nature 7, 341 (1873). https://doi.org/10.1038/007341d0
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