warmer

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

1.Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. "Whose blood is warm within." --Shak. [1913 Webster]

Warm and still is the summer night.— Longfellow.[1913 Webster]

2.Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing. [1913 Webster]

3.Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt. [1913 Webster]

4.Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable. [1913 Webster]

Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!— Milton.[1913 Webster]

Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.— Pope.[1913 Webster]

They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad? mouths at.— Addison.[1913 Webster]

I had been none of the warmest of partisans.— Hawthor??.[1913 Webster]

5.Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate. [1913 Webster]

Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.— Dryden.[1913 Webster]

6.Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Warm householders, every one of them.— W. Irving.[1913 Webster]

You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.— Goldsmith.[1913 Webster]

7.In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]

Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting "warm," ?? children say at blindman's buff.— Black.[1913 Webster]

8.(Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds. [1913 Webster]

Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot. [1913 Webster]