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Definition of Tepidness
1. Noun. A warmness resembling the temperature of the skin.
Generic synonyms: Warmness, Warmth
Derivative terms: Lukewarm, Tepid, Tepid
2. Noun. Lack of passion, force or animation.
Generic synonyms: Chilliness, Coldness, Coolness, Frigidity, Frigidness, Iciness
Derivative terms: Lukewarm, Tepid
Definition of Tepidness
1. Noun. The property of being tepid. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tepidness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tepidness
Literary usage of Tepidness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Physiologia of Jean Fernel (1567) by Jean Fernel (2003)
"Who could get so shameless as to say that in this tepidness the extremes are ...
You may decide that tepidness is simply the mingling of equal parts of hot ..."
2. Allen's Synonyms and Antonyms by Frederic Sturges Allen (1920)
"I. heat (contextual); spec. tepidity, tepidness; set GLOW. Antonyms: see COLD.
». See ARDOR. warn, vt caution, admonish (formal), ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1826)
"But lo ! in the very heart of the matter, upon some tepidness on the part of
Kean, or warmth on that of the author, Sotheby withdrew his play. ..."
4. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"Gentle heat ; moderate warmth. tepidness (tep'id-nes), u. Tepidity. The small
pox, mortal during such a season, grew more favorable by the tepor and ..."
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