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–adjective

1.	moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.

2.	characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm: tepid prose; the critics' tepid reception for the new play.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME < L tepidus lukewarm, equiv. to tep(ére) to be lukewarm + -idus -id⁴

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—Related forms

te·pid·i·ty, tep·id·ness, noun

tep·id·ly, adverb

—Synonyms 1 moderate, mild. 2. unemotional, halfhearted, apathetic.

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adj.

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

[Middle English, from Latin tepidus, from tepēre, to be lukewarm.]

te·pid'i·ty, tep'id·ness n., tep'id·ly adv.

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
tepid

c.1400, from L. tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be warm," from PIE base *tep- "warm" (cf. Skt. tapati "makes warm, heats, burns," tapah "heat;" Avestan tafnush "fever;" O.C.S. topiti "to warm," teplu "warm;" O.Ir. tene "fire;" Welsh tes "heat").

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tepid
adjective
1.	moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water" [syn: lukewarm]
2.	feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate" [syn: halfhearted]

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tepid1 [ˈtepid] adjective

slightly or only just warm; lukewarm
Example: tepid water

Arabic:	فاتِر، لا حار ولا بارِد
Chinese (Simplified):	微温的
Chinese (Traditional):	微溫的
Czech:	vlažný
Danish:	lunken
Dutch:	lauw
Estonian:	leige
Finnish:	haalea
French:	tiède
German:	lauwarm
Greek:	χλιαρός
Hungarian:	langyos
Icelandic:	volgur
Indonesian:	agak hangat
Italian:	tiepido

Japanese:	生ぬるい
Korean:	미지근한, 미온의
Latvian:	remdens
Lithuanian:	drungnas
Norwegian:	lunken
Polish:	letni
Portuguese (Brazil):	morno
Portuguese (Portugal):	tépido
Romanian:	călduţ
Russian:	тепловатый
Slovak:	vlažný
Slovenian:	mlačen
Spanish:	tibio
Swedish:	ljum
Turkish:	ılık

tepid2 [ˈtepid] adjective

not very enthusiastic
Example: a tepid welcome

Arabic:	غَير حار، فاتِر الإسْتِقبال
Chinese (Simplified):	不太热烈的
Chinese (Traditional):	不太熱烈的
Czech:	vlažný
Danish:	lunken
Dutch:	lauw
Estonian:	loid
Finnish:	vaisu
French:	tiède
German:	lau
Greek:	χλιαρός (μτφ.), μη ενθουσιώδης
Hungarian:	lagymatag
Icelandic:	áhugalaus
Indonesian:	bergairah
Italian:	tiepido

Japanese:	気のない
Korean:	열의가 없는
Latvian:	vēss; atturīgs
Lithuanian:	šaltokas
Norwegian:	lunken, halvhjertet
Polish:	chłodny
Portuguese (Brazil):	morno
Portuguese (Portugal):	morno
Romanian:	care nu este prea entuziast
Russian:	прохладный
Slovak:	vlažný
Slovenian:	mlačen
Spanish:	poco entusiasta, *caluroso
Swedish:	ljum
Turkish:	gönülsüz

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Tepid

Tep"e*fy\, v. t. & i. [imp. & p. p. Tepefied; p. pr. & vb. n. Tepefying.] [L. tepere to be tepid + -fy; cf. L. tepefacere. See Tepid.] To make or become tepid, or moderately warm. --Goldsmith.

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