tep·id

(tĕp′ĭd)

adj.

1. Moderately warm; lukewarm.

2. Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted: "the tepid conservatism of the fifties" (Irving Howe).

[Middle English, from Latin tepidus, from tepēre, to be lukewarm.]

te·pid′i·ty, tep′id·ness n.

tep′id·ly adv.

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tepidity

a moderate warmth; lukewarmness. — tepid, adj.

tepidity

[teˈpɪdɪtɪ] tepidness [ˈtepɪdnɪs] N → tibieza f

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tepidity

, tepidness

n (lit, fig) → Lauheit f

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tepid

(ˈtepid) adjective

1. slightly or only just warm; lukewarm. tepid water.

2. not very enthusiastic. a tepid welcome.

ˈtepidly adverb

ˈtepidness noun

teˈpidity noun

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