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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; Middle English < Latin tepidus lukewarm, equivalent to tep(ēre) to be lukewarm + -idus -id4
1350–1400; Middle English < Latin tepidus lukewarm, equivalent to tep(ēre) to be lukewarm + -idus -id4
Related forms
te·pid·i·ty, tep·id·ness, noun
tep·id·ly, adverb
sub·tep·id, adjective
sub·tep·id·ly, adverb
sub·tep·id·ness, noun
EXPANDsub·te·pid·i·ty, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
1 moderate, mild. 2. unemotional, halfhearted, apathetic.
1 moderate, mild. 2. unemotional, halfhearted, apathetic.
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Word Origin & History
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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