Tepidness

2 definitions found

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

  Tepid \Tep"id\, a. [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to
     Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
     Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays;
     tepid vapors. -- {Tep"id*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

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