different between lukewarm vs spiritless

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 spirit +? -less.

Adjective

spiritless (comparative more spiritless, superlative most spiritless)

1. Lacking energy, drive, motivation or emotion. Enervated.

Synonyms

• languid

Derived terms

• spiritlessly
• spiritlessness

Translations