Definition of tepid

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< Tepic

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tep·id    (tpd) KEY  

ADJECTIVE:

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

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ETYMOLOGY:
Middle English, from Latin tepidus, from tepre, to be lukewarm

OTHER FORMS:
te·pidi·ty or tepid·ness (Noun), tepid·ly (Adverb)

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