different between lukewarm vs passionless

English

Etymology

From Middle English leukwarm, lukewarm (“lukewarm, tepid”), equivalent to luke (“lukewarm”) +? warm. Compare Saterland Frisian luukwoarm (“lukewarm”), German Low German luukwarm (“lukewarm”),German lauwarm (“lukewarm”). First element believed to be an alteration of Middle English lew (“tepid”) (> English dialectal lew), from Old English hl?ow (“warm, sunny”), from Proto-Germanic *hliwjaz, *hl?waz, *hl?maz, *hleumaz (“warm”), from Proto-Indo-European *?al(w)e-, *?el(w)e-, *k(')l?w- (“warm, hot”). Cognate with Dutch lauw (“tepid”), German lauwarm (“lukewarm”), Faroese lýggjur (“warm”), Swedish ljum (“lukewarm”), ljummen (“lukewarm”) and ly (“warm”), Danish lummer (“muggy”), Danish and Norwegian lunken (“tepid”), dialectal Swedish ljummen (“lukewarm”).

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -??(r)m
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?lu?k?w??m/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?luk?w??m/, /?luk.w??m/

Adjective

lukewarm (comparative lukewarmer or more lukewarm, superlative lukewarmest or most lukewarm)

1. (temperature) Between warm and cool.

2. Not very enthusiastic (about a proposal or an idea).

Synonyms

• lew (dialect)
• luke (rare)
• tepid

Derived terms

• lukecold

Translations

English

Etymology

From passion +? -less.

Adjective

passionless (comparative more passionless, superlative most passionless)

1. Lacking in passion.

   Antonym: passionful

Derived terms

• passionlessly
• passionlessness

See also

• apathetic
• indifferent