tepid
pronunciation
How to pronounce tepid in British English:
UK [ˈtepɪd]
How to pronounce tepid in American English:
US [ˈtepɪd]
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- Adjective:
- moderately warm
Word Origin
- tepid
- tepid: [14] English gets tepid from Latin tepidus, a derivative of tepēre ‘be warm’. This was descended from the Indo-European base *tep- ‘warm’, which also produced Russian teplyj ‘warm’, Czech teplý ‘warm’, and Welsh twym ‘hot’.
- tepid (adj.)
- c. 1400, from Latin tepidus "lukewarm," from tepere "be moderately warm," from PIE root *tep- "to be hot" (cognates: Sanskrit tapati "makes warm, heats, burns," tapas "heat, austerity;" Avestan tafnush "fever;" Old Church Slavonic topiti "to warm," teplu "warm;" Old Irish tene "fire;" Welsh tes "heat"). Related: Tepidly; tepidity.
Example
- 1. The official american response to mr papandreou has been tepid .
- 2. Despite tepid performance in 2010 investors have remained enthusiastic about macro funds .
- 3. Such tepid support is a reminder that voter favour is likely to be fickle .
- 4. Deposit growth excluding rmb has been tepid in hong kong over the past 6 months , while loan growth has accelerated .
- 5. The global economy is now even more dependent on china for demand , given the tepid recovery in the u.s. and the continuing sovereign-debt problems in europe .