— tepidity, tepidness , n. — tepidly , adv.
/tep"id/ , adj.
1. moderately warm; lukewarm: tepid water.
2. characterized by a lack of force or enthusiasm: tepid prose; the critics' tepid reception for the new play.
[ 1350-1400; ME tepidus lukewarm, equiv. to tep ( ere ) to be lukewarm + -idus -ID 4 ]
Syn. 1. moderate, mild. 2. unemotional, halfhearted, apathetic.