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lukewarmness

noun
/luːkˈwɔːmnəs/UK

Etymology

From lukewarm + -ness.

  1. derived from *ḱal(w)e-✻
  2. derived from *hliwjaz✻
  3. derived from *hlēowe✻ — “warm, sunny”
  4. derived from lew
  5. inherited from leukwarm
  6. suffixed as lukewarmness — “lukewarm + ness”

Definitions

  1. The property of being lukewarm

    The property of being lukewarm; ambivalence, weakness.

    • Mr. Hale was disappointed in his pupil’s lukewarmness about Greek literature, which had but a short time ago so great an interest for him.
    • Sazonov was furious at the lukewarmness of the British and French reactions to Russia's protests.

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