lukewarm

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

LU'KEWARM, adjective 1. Moderately warm; tepid; as lukewarm water; lukewarm heat. 2. Not ardent; not zealous; cool; indifferent; as lukewarm obedience; lukewarm patriots. Revelation 3:16.
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