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warmth

noun
/wɔːmθ/UK/wɔɹmθ/US

Etymology

From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).

  1. inherited from *warmiþu✻ — “warmness; warmth”
  2. inherited from *wiermþu✻ — “warmth”
  3. inherited from warmth

Definitions

  1. A moderate degree of heat

    A moderate degree of heat; the sensation of being warm.

  2. Friendliness, kindness or affection.

  3. Fervor, intensity of emotion or expression.

    • "You don't know him—don't pronounce an opinion upon him," I said with warmth.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. The effect of using mostly red and yellow hues.

The neighborhood

Derived

lukewarmth

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at warmth. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at warmth. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at warmth

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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