tepid

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Wordsworth had a sort of tepid, theoretical benevolence towards the animal creation in general.

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  1. adjective Moderately warm; lukewarm.
  2. adjective Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted: "the tepid conservatism of the fifties” (Irving Howe).

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  • She would work no less determinedly just because his friendship had been tepid, his life verging on, well, silly. —  The Art of Detection
  • Though the water was tepid, the pressure was strong enough to sting, a refreshing contrast to the humid heat. —  SexyBeastII
  • It's gone tepid, a scum of butterfat coagulated on top, but he rinses his mouth with it and swallows anyway. —  Asimov'sSF,March2008
  • Sonically, the album in general is a mess - whether it's the dowdy pianos and strings of "LAX Files," the overbearing, screeching G-funk of "State of Emergency," the empty, farting synths of "Ya Heard," or the tepid "Cali Sunshine," almost every beat is droning, lacking even a hint of the power that made —  Epinions Recent Content for Home
  • The rally in 2011 will be tepid, but at least it will be for real. —  Irvine Housing Blog
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English, from Latin tepidus, from tepēre, to be lukewarm.

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  1. = Old French tiede = Italian tepido, tiepido, from Latin tepidus, lukewarm, tepid (cf. tepor, heat, = Sanskrit tapas, heat), from tepere, be lukewarm, = Sanskrit tap, be warm.
 

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