lukewarm
Part of speech: adj
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: temperature
Etymology: Etymology tree
Middle English leuk
Proto-Germanic *warmaz
Proto-West Germanic *warm
Old English wearm
Middle English warm
Middle English leukwarm
English lukewarm
From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”); first element is related to Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), as in leukwater (“lukewarm water”). Compare also West Frisian lijwarm (“lukewarm”), Afrikaans louwarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German lowarm, luwarm (“lukewarm”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English *hlēowe (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hlēwaz, *hlūmaz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱal(w)e-, *ḱel(w)e-, *k(')lēw- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lau (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).
Base: luke
Inflected forms:
form: lukewarmer
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: more lukewarm
pos: adj
tags: comparative
form: lukewarmest
pos: adj
tags: superlative
form: most lukewarm
pos: adj
tags: superlative
Senses:
gloss: Between warm and cool.
pos: adj
examples: Wash it in lukewarm water.
My curry is lukewarm.
gloss: Unenthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).
pos: adj
examples: The suggestion met with only a lukewarm response.
The skipper Mr. Cooke had hired at Far Harbor was a God-fearing man with a luke warm interest in his new billet and employer, and had only been prevailed upon to take charge of the yacht after the offer of an emolument equal to half a year's sea pay of an ensign in the navy.
The centre-vestibule "open" type of coach, which met with a very lukewarm reception when first introduced over half-a-century ago, is now used in increasing numbers as a non-dining vehicle.
Derived words: lukecold
lukecool
lukewarmish
lukewarmism
lukewarmist
lukewarmly
lukewarmness
lukewarmth
Translations:
lang: Catalan
word: tebi
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 不熱情的 /不热情的
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 冷淡的
lang: Czech
word: vlažný
lang: Dutch
word: lauw
lang: Dutch
word: flauw
lang: Esperanto
word: indiferenta
lang: Esperanto
word: neentuziasma
lang: Finnish
word: vaimea
lang: Finnish
word: laimea
lang: French
word: tiède
lang: Galician
word: morno
lang: German
word: lau
lang: Greek
word: χλιαρός
roman: chliarós
lang: Hungarian
word: lagymatag
lang: Ido
word: nezeloza
lang: Interlingua
word: tepide
lang: Irish
word: fuarbhruite
lang: Irish
word: fuarspreosach
lang: Irish
word: lagspreosach
lang: Irish
word: patuar
lang: Irish
word: fuarchráifeach
lang: Italian
word: tiepido
lang: Japanese
word: 冷めた
roman: sameta
lang: Japanese
word: 白けた
roman: shiraketa
lang: Japanese
word: 気が進まない
roman: ki ga susumanai
lang: Macedonian
word: млак
roman: mlak
lang: Khiamniungan Naga
word: tānglāmlām
lang: Norwegian
word: lunken
lang: Polish
word: chłodny
lang: Polish
word: sceptyczny
lang: Polish
word: zdystansowany
lang: Portuguese
word: morno
lang: Russian
word: прохла́дный
roman: proxládnyj
lang: Russian
word: равноду́шный
roman: ravnodúšnyj
lang: Russian
word: безразли́чный
roman: bezrazlíčnyj
lang: Slovak
word: vlažný
lang: Spanish
word: tibio
lang: Swedish
word: ljum
lang: Swedish
word: likgiltig
lang: Turkish
word: umursamaz
lang: Turkish
word: ilgisiz
lang: Turkish
word: kayıtsız
lang: Ottoman Turkish
word: یوركسز
roman: yüreksiz
lang: Vietnamese
word: thờ ơ
lang: Vietnamese
word: lãnh đạm
lang: Vietnamese
word: hờ hững