Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for TEP'ID
TEP'E-FYTEP'ID-NESS, or TE-PID'I-TY
TEP'ID, a. [L. tepidus, from tepeo, to be warm; Russ. toplyu.]
Moderately warm; lukewarm; as, a tepid bath; tepid rays; tepid vapors. Tepid mineral waters, are such as have less sensible cold than common water. Cyc.
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