All 5 Uses of
tepid
in
Ulysses by James Joyce
- Enjoy a bath now: clean trough of water, cool enamel, the gentle tepid stream.†
Chpt 5 *
- His hand looking for the where did I put found in his hip pocket soap lotion have to call tepid paper stuck.†
Chpt 8
- A female tepid effluvium leaks out from her.†
Chpt 15
- …temple a contused tumescence: with attention, focussing his gaze on a large dull passive and a slender bright active: with solicitation, bending and downturning the upturned rugfringe: with amusement, remembering Dr Malachi Mulligan's scheme of colour containing the gradation of green: with pleasure, repeating the words and antecedent act and perceiving through various channels of internal sensibility the consequent and concomitant tepid pleasant diffusion of gradual discolouration.†
Chpt 17
- Indoor: discussion in tepid security of unsolved historical and criminal problems: lecture of unexpurgated exotic erotic masterpieces: house carpentry with toolbox containing hammer, awl nails, screws, tintacks, gimlet, tweezers, bullnose plane and turnscrew.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
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(tepid) less heat (or enthusiasm) than might be expected