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tepid

adj
/ˈtɛpɪd/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tep-der. Latin tepeō Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der. Proto-Italic *-iðos Latin -idus Latin tepidusbor. English tepid Borrowed from Latin tepidus. Cognate with Sanskrit तप् (tap), Proto-Slavic *teplъ.

  1. borrowed from tepidus

Definitions

  1. Lukewarm

    Lukewarm; neither warm nor cool.

    • I'm drinking a cup of tepid water.

  2. Uninterested

    Uninterested; exhibiting little passion or eagerness; lukewarm.

    • He gave me a tepid response to the proposal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for tepid. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA