Lukewarmness

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  lukewarmness
       n 1: a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin [syn: {tepidity},
             {tepidness}]
       2: lack of passion, force or animation [syn: {tepidness}]