tepid

The definition of tepid is something that is lukewarm, not hot. It also is someone or something that indicates very little warmth or enthusiasm.

(adjective)

An example of tepid is a description for bathwater that has been sitting for a while and begun to cool.
An example of tepid is a description for the applause an audience gives for a bad performance when they are clapping only to be polite.

See tepid in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

Origin: ME teped < L tepidus < tepere, to be slightly warm < IE base *tep-, to be warm > Sans tapati, (it) burns

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See tepid in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Moderately warm; lukewarm.
Lacking in emotional warmth or enthusiasm; halfhearted: “the tepid conservatism of the fifties” (Irving Howe).

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Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Latin tepidus

Origin: , from tepēre, to be lukewarm

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