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tepidity|tɪˈpɪdɪtɪ|
[ad. late or med.L. tepiditās (631 in Gallia Christiana II. 186), f. tepidus tepid. So F. tépidité (14th c. in Godef. Compl.).]
The quality or condition of being tepid; moderate or slight warmth; lukewarmness. a. lit.
1656Blount Glossogr., Tepidity, lukewarmnesse. 1676in Phil. Trans. XI. 601 Any perceptible degree of tepidity. 1750Johnson Rambler No. 80 ⁋3 The body, chilled with the weather, is gradually recovering its natural tepidity.
b. fig.
a1631Donne Select. (1840) 220 This heat may ouercome my former frigidity and coldness, and..my succeeding tepidity and lukewarmness. 1740[see tepid b]. 1819Metropolis I. 48 The mawkish tepidity of his manner. 1884Fortn. Rev. Jan. 138 Tepidity of political belief. |