Tepid
//ˈtɛpɪd// adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.
"I'm drinking a cup of tepid water."
- 2 Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.
"He gave me a tepid response to the proposal."
Adjective
- 1 feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm wordnet
- 2 moderately warm wordnet
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More examples"The majority of mankind is lazy-minded, incurious, absorbed in vanities, and tepid in emotion, and is therefore incapable of either much doubt or much faith; and when the ordinary man calls himself a sceptic or an unbeliever, that is ordinarily a simple pose, cloaking a disinclination to think anything out to a conclusion."
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.
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