tepid
/ˈtepɪd/TEH-pid
/ˈtɛpɪd/TEH-pid
Meaninglukewarm
Common meaning: lukewarm
Other meanings: half-hearted
- tepto be lukewarmLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1857 · scan
- idadjective ending: in a state of
Journey through time
- Aryan root · reconstructed√TAP‘glow’No written record; from Skeat’s list of Aryan roots, no. 129, p. 734 · scan
- Latintepeō, tepēre; tepidus‘to be lukewarm’
- Englishtepid‘lukewarm’ · today
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin tepeō ‘to be lukewarm’.
Roots
- tepeō, tepēre; tepidus Latin “to be lukewarm”
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