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▪ I. lukewarm, a. and n.|ˈl(j)uːkwɔːm|
Forms: 4–7 lukewarme, 5 lewk(e)-warm(e, (lowk warm), 5–6 leuk(e)-warm(e, (7 luk warme, 8 luckwarm), 6– lukewarm.
[f. luke a. + warm a. Cf. lew-warm and LG. lukwarm (also slukwarm).]
A. adj.
1. Moderately warm, tepid.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xciii. (1495) 661 The broth of clete..comfortyth the teeth: yf it be luke warme hote [Bodl. E. Mus. MS. lewke hote] holde in the mouth. c1400tr. Secreta Secret., Gov. Lordsh. lxiii. 82 Þe firste be cold, þe seconde leuk-warme, þe þrydde hoot. c1450ME. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 213 Stampe hyt wyþ vynegre lewk warm. 1546T. Phaer Bk. Childr. (1553) T ij, Lette the chylde drynke of it twise or thrise a day luke warme. 1590Spenser F.Q. i. ix. 36 All wallowd in his own yet luke-warme blood. 1658A. Fox Wurtz' Surg. ii. ix. 80 Apply the Collyrium luke-warm. 1762Wood in Phil. Trans. LII. 416 The water..close to the flame is only luckwarm. 1840Dickens Old C. Shop xix, Sickening smells from many dinners came in a heavy lukewarm breath upon the sense.
2. Of persons, their actions, attributes, etc.: Having little warmth or depth of feeling, lacking zeal, enthusiasm or ardour, indifferent.
c1522More De quat. noviss. Wks. 83/1 Like as god said in thapocalips vnto the churche of Loadice. Thou arte neyther hote nor cold but luke warme, I would thou were colde yt thou mighteste waxe warme. 1593G. Harvey Pierce's Super. 108 Some that called him the lukewarme Doctor, and likened him to milke from the Cowe. 1623tr. Favine's Theat. Hon. v. i. 55 The strength of youth and Manhood is now become but luke-warme. 1691Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 154 Whittyngham..was but a luke-warm conformist at best. 1718F. Hutchinson Witchcraft 86 That shewed the Zeal of their Time above our lukewarm Temper. 1771Junius Lett. lix. 303 The lukewarm advocate avails himself of any pretence to relapse into..indifference. 1804J. Grahame Sabbath 86 No lukewarm accents from my lips should flow. 1883Froude Short Stud. IV. i. ix. 96 The clergy were lukewarm in his interests.
B. n. A lukewarm person; one who is by no means enthusiastic.
1693W. Freke Sel. Ess. xxxi. 188 Let such Cowards and Lukewarms do what they will, —I shall always Condemn Vice and Sin. 1835C. Brontë in Mrs. Gaskell Life viii. (1858) 107 But the Opposition is divided, Red-hots, and Luke-warms. 1890Pall Mall G. 25 June 1/2 One enthusiast is worth a dozen ‘lukewarms’.
So † lukewarmed a. = A. 1.
1545T. Raynalde Byrth Mankynde 71 The beryes of iuniper..dronke with luke warmed wine, wyl [etc.].
▪ II. ˈlukewarm, v. Obs. rare—1.
[f. lukewarm a.]
trans. To make lukewarm.
1592G. Harvey Pierce's Super. (1593) 185 Can..the tempest calme, or loue quench, or Zeale luke-warme, or valour manicle, or excellencie mew-vpp, or perfection geld, or supererogation combe-cutt itselfe? |