lukewarmer
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
comparative form of lukewarm: more lukewarm
noun
One who believes that climate change is due to human activity but who does not think it is a serious problem.
Example Sentences
- "Compare SudhoS's informed appreciation of medieval medicine and sanitation with Coulton's lukewarmer and vaguer account."
- "Instead of the usual homogeneity, one discerns a variety of attitudes ranging from warm official friendship and unlimited support (Bulgaria and the GDR) to somewhat lukewarmer relations on a less formal level (Poland and Hungary)."
- "The Japanese tea-party (cha-no-yu) is stiffness, ceremony, scant provisions. Japanese tea is made with lukewarm water, the lukewarmer the water the better the tea."
- "Tim took a swig of flat ginger ale and stood under the shower (dialled to cold, then gradually lukewarmer) before putting on shorts and a sleeveless tee-shirt."
- "Lukewarmers such as me accept that global warming is real, but not that it's entirely man-made or that it's dangerous."
- "Blogs that can be regarded as in the “lukewarmer” camp."
Etymology
From lukewarm + -er.