Tepid

created by Webster 1913
(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 3:44:06

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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