tepidness

2 definitions found

tepidness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Tepid \Tep"id\, a. [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to
     Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
     Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays;
     tepid vapors. -- Tep"id*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

tepidness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  tepidness
      n 1: a warmness resembling the temperature of the skin [syn:
           lukewarmness, tepidity, tepidness]
      2: lack of passion, force or animation [syn: tepidness,
         lukewarmness]