[syn: tepidness, lukewarmness]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lukewarm \Luke"warm`\ (l[=u]k"w[add]rm`), a. [See Luke.]
1. Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.
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2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. " Lukewarm
blood." --Spenser. " Lukewarm patriots." --Addison.
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An obedience so lukewarm and languishing that it
merits not the name of passion. --Dryden.
-- Luke"warm`ly, adv. -- Luke"warm`ness, n.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lukewarmness
n 1: a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin [syn:
lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness]
2: lack of passion, force or animation [syn: tepidness,
lukewarmness]