Middle English Dictionary Entry
tepide adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | tepide adj. Also teped, (Latinate) tepida. |
| Etymology | L tepidus; cp. F (16th cent.) tépide. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Lukewarm; (b) as adv. in comb.: ~ hot, lukewarm; (c) as noun: lukewarm water (aqua tepida).
Associated quotations
a
- a1400 Lanfranc (Ashm 1396)137/7 : He worchiþ riȝtfulliche þat vsiþ teped oilis.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)78a/b : Clisteriez with wyne austere, blac, tepide [L tepido], i. warme, in þis case ar commaunded of G.
b
- a1500(a1450) Ashmole SSecr.(Ashm 396)55/29 : The mete in the stomak shall be but tepide hote [Lambeth: leukwarme] and vndigest.
c
- c1400 Daniel *Herbal (Arun 42)f.34v : At morn cast awey þe water þat houyþ aboue & þat þikke þat is byneþyn in þe botme, put it efsonys in a morter & stampe wel with nywe tepida & tempre wel togydere.