Emily Dickinson Lexicon

WARM'NESS, or WARMTH, n.

1. Gentle heat; as, the warmth of the blood.
2. Zeal; ardor; fervor; as, the warmth of love or of piety.
3. Earnestness; eagerness. The cause of the Greeks has been espoused with warmth by all parties in free countries.
4. Excitement; animation; as, the warmth of passion. The preacher declaimed with great warmth against the vices of the age.
5. Fancifulness; enthusiasm; as, warmth of head. – Temple.
6. In painting, the fiery effect given to a red color by a small addition of yellow. – Cyc.