Both Uses of
tepid
in
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
- He crouched down between the sheets, glad of their tepid glow.†
Chpt 1 *
- Yes, it was her body he smelt, a wild and languid smell, the tepid limbs over which his music had flowed desirously and the secret soft linen upon which her flesh distilled odour and a dew.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
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(tepid) less heat (or enthusiasm) than might be expected