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lukewarm

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
lukewarm/luːkˈwɔːm/

▶adjective

1 only moderately warm.

2 unenthusiastic.

– derivatives
lukewarmly adverb,
lukewarmness noun.

– origin ME: from dial. luke (prob. from dial. lew ‘lukewarm’ and rel. to lee) + warm.

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