tepidity

English

Etymology

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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