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LEW-WARM Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Rhymes for lew-warm · brainstorm · conform · deform · firestorm · hailstorm · inform · landform · lukewarm · perform · planform · platform · preform · See All ...
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LUKEWARM Definition & Meaning - Dictionary.com
adjective · (esp of water) moderately warm; tepid · having or expressing little enthusiasm or conviction.
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Lukewarm: A Well-Known Word with Uncertain Beginnings
Lukewarm is a word that's well known, even if it's not widely used. The term denotes one of two sentiments, "moderately warm, tepid" or "lacking conviction, ...
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lew-warm
lew-warm, a. Now dial. Forms: see lew a.1; also 6 leau-, leuwarm. [f. lew a. (used advb.) + warm a.] Lukewarm.c 1450 M.E. Med. Bk. (Heinrich) 207 Hete hyt lew warm. 1486 Bk. St. Albans C vij b, Let it stonde and wax lew warme. 1513 Douglas æneis iv. xii. 81 Feche hiddir sone the well wattir lew warm...
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etymology - Was “lukewarm” a way of saying “warm warm”?
“lukewarm” represents a combination of “warm” with the somewhat older English adjective “luke” (or “lew”), which itself meant “warm” (meaning ...
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lew-warm, adj. meanings, etymology and more | Oxford English ...
The earliest known use of the adjective lew-warm is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for lew-warm is ...
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Lukewarm : r/etymology - Reddit
In Middle English lew-warm was a parallel form to luke-warm. Related: Lukely; lukeness. Other now-obsolete formations were luke-hot (late ...
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Why do people say 'lukewarm' instead of 'room temperature ... - Quora
The adjective luke seems to be an alternative form of lew, Old English hleow which meant tepid. It does, in fact, say: “warm warm”. Lukewarm.
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lukewarm - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) + warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), ...
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What is lukewarm? - Quora
Lukewarm water is warm enough for a gentle bath. The word “lukewarm” is used figuratively to describe a mildly positive attitude.
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Lukewarm - World Wide Words
To be lukewarm is to be only weakly warm, tepid. An odd sidelight is that from the thirteenth century, luke by itself could mean lukewarm, as ...
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lukewarm
▪ I. lukewarm, a. and n. (ˈl(j)uːkwɔːm) Forms: 4–7 lukewarme, 5 lewk(e)-warm(e, (lowk warm), 5–6 leuk(e)-warm(e, (7 luk warme, 8 luckwarm), 6– lukewarm. [f. luke a. + warm a. Cf. lew-warm and LG. lukwarm (also slukwarm).] A. adj. 1. Moderately warm, tepid.1398 Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xciii. (14...
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lew
▪ I. † lew, n.1 Sc. Obs. Also (pl.) leois. [perh. a sing. inferred from lewis (a. F. louis) treated as a plural.] The name of a French gold coin formerly current in Scotland; ? the louis d'or (Jam.).1467 Sc. Acts Jas. III (1814) II. 88/2 That..þe Ingliss noble, henry, ande Eduarde w{supt} þe ross, þ...
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