warmness

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun a positive feeling of liking
  2. noun the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

Etymology

From Middle English warmnesse, from Old English wearmnes (“warmness, warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmnassī (“warmness, warmth”), equivalent to warm + -ness. Cognate with Scots warmnes (“warmness”), West Frisian waarmens (“warmness”), dialectal Dutch warmenesse, warmnis (“warmness”), German Low German Warmnis (“warmness”).

In classic literature

Synonyms

affection, affectionateness, fondness, tenderness, heart, warmheartedness, philia

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