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English Dictionary: tepid by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
tepid
adj
  1. moderately warm; "he hates lukewarm coffee"; "tepid bath water"
    Synonym(s): lukewarm, tepid
  2. feeling or showing little interest or enthusiasm; "a halfhearted effort"; "gave only lukewarm support to the candidate"
    Synonym(s): halfhearted, half-hearted, tepid, lukewarm
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Tepid \Tep"id\, a. [L. tepidus, fr. tepere to be warm; akin to
      Skr. tap to be warm, tapas heat.]
      Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays;
      tepid vapors. -- {Tep"id*ness}, n.
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