2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent. `` Lukewarm
blood.'' --Spenser. `` Lukewarm patriots.'' --Addison.
[1913 Webster]
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.
lukewarmness — index indifference Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
lukewarmness — noun see lukewarm … New Collegiate Dictionary
lukewarmness — noun The property of being lukewarm … Wiktionary
lukewarmness — luke·warm·ness || lÊŒkwÉ”rmnɪs / wÉ”Ëm n. quality of being moderately warm, tepidness; indifference, apathy … English contemporary dictionary
lukewarmness — luke·warm·ness … English syllables
lukewarmness — noun 1. a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin • Syn: ↑tepidity, ↑tepidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tepid (for: ↑tepidness), ↑tepid (for: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
tepidness — noun 1. a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin • Syn: ↑lukewarmness, ↑tepidity • Derivationally related forms: ↑tepid, ↑tepid (for: ↑tepidity), ↑lukewarm … Useful english dictionary
tepidity — noun a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin • Syn: ↑lukewarmness, ↑tepidness • Derivationally related forms: ↑tepid (for: ↑tepidness), ↑tepid, ↑lukewarm ( … Useful english dictionary
Defervescence — De fer*ves cence, Defervescency De fer*ves cency, n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. [1913 Webster] A defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster] 2. (Med.) The… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Defervescency — Defervescence De fer*ves cence, Defervescency De fer*ves cency, n. [L. defervescere to grow cool.] 1. A subsiding from a state of ebullition; loss of heat; lukewarmness. [1913 Webster] A defervescency in holy actions. Jer. Taylor. [1913 Webster]… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
