Meanings
nountepidity (usually uncountable, plural tepidities)
plural tepidities
- uncountableusuallyThe property of being tepid.
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.
1951, John Wyndham, The Day of the Triffids, Harmondsworth: Penguin Books, published 1954, page 41
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna warmness resembling the temperature of the skin
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Origin
Translations
Japanese 微温
- 微温 (bion)property of being tepid
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tepidity. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tepidity
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“tepidity.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tepidity. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tepidity,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tepidity.
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