tepidarium

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UK/ˌtɛpɪˈdɛəɹi.əm/US/ˌtɛpɪˈdɛɹi.əm/

noun

A warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.

OriginLatin tepidārium →
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Meanings

nountepidarium (plural tepidariums or tepidaria)

plural tepidariums · plural tepidaria

  1. historicalA warm room in a Roman baths that was usually heated by a hypocaust.
  2. historicalA boiler in which the water was heated.
  3. Any room containing a warm bath.
  4. biologyA warm greenhouse typically used for plants from South Africa.

    There is a pretty large glass-house, one-half being a caldarium, the other a tepidarium

    1851, The Floricultural Cabinet and Florist's Magazine, page 184

Origin

  1. Latintepidārium
  2. Latintepidārium
  3. Englishtepidarium

Borrowed from Latin tepidārium.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with tepidarium

herbariumfusariumimaginariumvivariumsamariumcolumbariumseaquariumoceanariumarmamentariumacarinariumallylsamariumantiquariumaquaterrariumargentarium-ariumascidiariumaviculariumbalsamariumbullariumbunariumcaldariumcalendariumcalidariumcalvarium
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Cite this entry
APA

tepidarium. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tepidarium

MLA

“tepidarium.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tepidarium. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tepidarium,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tepidarium.

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