warmth

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun the sensation caused by heat energy
  2. noun a warmhearted feeling
  3. noun the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

Etymology

From Middle English warmth, warmeth, wermþe, from Old English *wiermþu (“warmth”), from Proto-West Germanic *warmiþu (“warmness; warmth”), corresponding to warm + -th (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Saterland Frisian Waarmte (“warmth”), West Frisian waarmte (“warmth”), Dutch warmte (“warmth”), German Low German Warmte, Warmt (“warmth”).

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Synonyms

heat

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