Now rare. [f. LUKEWARM + -TH.] = LUKEWARMNESS.
1598. Florio, Tepidezza, luke warmth.
1620. T. Granger, Div. Logike, I. xxxv. 104. As lukewarmth partaketh of heate, and cold.
1716. Addison, Freeholder, No. 8, ¶ 9. The … perfidiousness of certain faithless men, and … the lukewarmth and indifference of others.
1842. J. Aiton, Domestic Econ. (1857), 333. Seventy degrees is but just warm, a gentle lukewarmth.
1895. J. Davidson, Earl Lavender, 49. Being well-known for the lukewarmth of my allegiance to the Guild.
