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. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
lukewarm — luke‧warm [ˌluːkˈwɔːm◂ ǁ ˈwɔːrm◂] adjective not showing much interest or excitement: • The market reaction to its flotation was lukewarm. • The proposal is expected to get a lukewarm reception from small businesses. * * * lukewarm UK US… … Financial and business terms
Lukewarm — or The Lukewarm may refer to:*Lukewarm, a fictional character from the BBC series Porridge * 2 + 2 = 5 (The Lukewarm.), a song by Radiohead from their album Hail to the Thief (2003) * The Lukewarm, a song by Omar Rodriguez Lopez from his album Se … Wikipedia
lukewarm — [adj1] slightly heated blood warm, milk warm, tepid, warm, warmish; concept 605 Ant. chilly, cool, cooled lukewarm [adj2] indifferent, unenthusiastic apathetic, chilly, cold, cool, halfhearted, hesitant, indecisive, irresolute, phlegmatic, tepid … New thesaurus
lukewarm — [lo͞ok′wôrm΄] adj. [ME luke warme < luke, tepid (akin to LowG luk, Du leuk, tepid < IE * k̆leu < base * k̆el , warm > OE hleowe, tepid, L calere, to be warm) + warm, WARM] 1. barely or moderately warm: said of liquids 2. not very warm … English World dictionary
lukewarm — index irresolute, languid, nonchalant, noncommittal, perfunctory Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lukewarm — late 14c., from LUKE (Cf. luke) + WARM (Cf. warm). Figurative sense of lacking in zeal (of persons or their actions) is from 1520s. Related: Lukewarmly; lukewarmness … Etymology dictionary
lukewarm — ► ADJECTIVE 1) only moderately warm. 2) unenthusiastic. ORIGIN from dialect luke, related to LEE(Cf. ↑lee) … English terms dictionary
lukewarm — adj. halfhearted lukewarm about, to (lukewarm about a proposal; lukewarm to an idea) tepid 2) lukewarm to (lukewarm to the touch) * * * [ˌluːk wɔːm] to (lukewarm about a proposal; lukewarm to an idea) [ halfhearted ] lukewarm about [ tepid ]… … Combinatory dictionary
lukewarm — [[t]lu͟ːkwɔ͟ːm[/t]] 1) ADJ GRADED Something, especially a liquid, that is lukewarm is only slightly warm. Wash your face with lukewarm water... The coffee was weak and lukewarm. Syn: tepid 2) ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ towards n If you describe a person … English dictionary
lukewarm — luke|warm [ˌlu:kˈwo:m US ˈwo:rm] adj [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: luke lukewarm (13 19 centuries) (perhaps from Old English hleow warm ) + warm] 1.) food, liquid etc that is lukewarm is slightly warm and often not as hot or cold as it should be =… … Dictionary of contemporary English
