tepidity

tepidity

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *tep-der.
Latin tepeō
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *-iðos
Latin -idus
Latin tepidusbor.
English tepid
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-ts
Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts
Latin -itāsder.
Old French -itebor.
Middle English -ite
English -ity
English tepidity

    From tepid + -ity.

    Pronunciation

    • (UK) IPA(key): /təˈpɪd.ɪ.ti/

    Noun

    tepidity (usually uncountable, plural tepidities)

    1. The property of being tepid.
      • 1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 41:
        Now that walking plants were established facts, the press lost its former tepidity and bathed them in publicity. So a name had to be found for them.

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