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Webster 1913 Edition


Lukewarm

Luke′warmˊ

(lūk′wa̤rmˊ)
,
Adj.
[See
Luke
.]
1.
Moderately warm; neither cold nor hot; tepid.
2.
Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent.
Lukewarm blood.”
Spenser.
Lukewarm patriots.”
Addison.
Luke′warmˊly
,
adv.
Luke′warmˊness
,
Noun.

Webster 1828 Edition


Lukewarm

LU'KEWARM

, a.
1.
Moderately warm; tepid; as lukewarm water; lukewarm heat.
2.
Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. Rev. 3.

Definition 2024


lukewarm

lukewarm

English

Adjective

lukewarm (not comparable)

  1. (temperature) Between warm and cool.
    Wash it in lukewarm water.
    My curry is lukewarm.
  2. (social) Not very enthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
    The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.
    • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 10, in The Celebrity:
      The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.

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