tepidity
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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.
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Noun | 1. | tepidity - a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin |
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Translations
فُتور الماء أو فُتور العَواطِف
vlažnost
lunkenhed
volgra; deyfî
ılık/gönülsüz olma hâli
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tepidity
, tepidnessn (lit, fig) → Lauheit f
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tepid
(ˈtepid) adjective1. slightly or only just warm; lukewarm. tepid water.
2. not very enthusiastic. a tepid welcome.
ˈtepidly adverbˈtepidness noun
teˈpidity noun
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