tepid
[ tep-id ]
/ ˈtɛp ɪd /
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adjective
moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm: tepid prose; the critics' tepid reception for the new play.
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Origin of tepid
1350–1400; Middle English <Latin tepidus lukewarm, equivalent to tep(ēre) to be lukewarm + -idus-id4
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tepid
/ (ˈtɛpɪd) /
adjective
slightly warm; lukewarm
relatively unenthusiastic or apatheticthe play had a tepid reception
Derived forms of tepid
tepidity or tepidness, nountepidly, adverbWord Origin for tepid
C14: from Latin tepidus, from tepēre to be lukewarm
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