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warmth|wɔːmθ|
In 2 wermþe.
[OE. *wiermþu, *wærmþu = MLG. wermede, Du. warmte, MHG. wermede, warmede, warmte (early mod.G. wärmte):—OTeut. type *warmiþō, f. *warmo-: see warm a. and -th1.]
1. A moderately hot or pleasantly heated state of the atmosphere, esp. as an essential of physical comfort and well-being; a temperate heat radiating from the sun, a fire, etc.
c1175Lamb. Hom. 37 Do þine elmesse of þon þet þu maht ifor ðien..Wrecche men sceos and claðes..and wermþe and herburȝe. 1481Caxton Reynard vii. (Arb.) 12 Reynart laye within the gate as he ofte was wonte to doo for the warmth of the sonne. 1548Udall, etc. Erasm. Par. Luke xxiv. 25–9, 188 b, Petur, who..abiured y⊇ Lorde.. whyle being throughly taken wt colde, he taketh warmth & heate by the coles of y⊇ wicked Jewes. 1577B. Googe Heresbach's Husb. i. 36 Yet desyreth it [Lupines] the warmth of Autume, that it may be well rooted before Winter come. 1662R. Venables Exper. Angler ix. 91 In March, beginning of April, later end of September, and all winter fish bite best in the warmth of the day. 1671Milton P.R. ii. 74 When scarce a Shed Could be obtain'd to shelter him or me [Mary] From the bleak air; A Stable was our warmth, A Manger his. 1690Locke Hum. Und. ii. viii. §16. 57 The same Fire, that at one distance produces in us the Sensation of Warmth, does at a nearer approach, produce in us the far different Sensation of Pain. 1784Cowper Task iv. 310 How the frost, Raging abroad, and the rough wind, endear The silence and the warmth enjoy'd within! 1819Shelley Cenci ii. i. 187 If there be a sun in heaven She shall not dare to look upon its beams; Nor feel its warmth. 1836Dickens Sk. Boz, Doctors' Commons, He had gathered up his robe behind,..in order that he might feel the full warmth of the fire. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 185 The girl Nursing a child, and turning to the warmth The tender pink five-beaded baby-soles. 1908S. E. White Riverman iv, A fine sun, tempered with a prophetic warmth of later spring, animated the scene.
b. fig.
1653Jer. Taylor Serm. for Year i. xiii. 167 Many persons, from vicious, and dead, and cold, have passed into life and an excellent grace, and a spirituall warmth. 1781Cowper Table-T. 382 Virtue quickens, with a warmth divine, The pow'rs that sin has brought to a decline. 1864Tennyson En. Ard. 38 But when the dawn of rosy childhood past, And the new warmth of life's ascending sun Was felt by either, [etc.].
2. The natural heat of a living body; vital heat.
1592Shakes. Rom. & Jul. iv. i. 98 No pulse Shall keepe his natiue progresse..: No warmth, no breath shall testifie thou liuest. 1606― Ant. & Cl. v. ii. 294 Come then, and take the last warmth of my Lippes. 1667Milton P.L. vii. 236 But on the watrie calme His brooding wings the Spirit of God outspred, And vital vertue infus'd, and vital warmth Throughout the fluid Mass. 1711Addison Spect. No. 120 ⁋14 When she has laid her Eggs..what Care does she take in turning them frequently, that all Parts may partake of the vital Warmth? 1820Shelley Prometh. Unb. ii. i. 104 The warmth Of the life-blood, for loss of which I faint, Quivered between our intertwining arms.
†b. Of herbs: Aphrodisiac quality. Obs.
1697Dryden Virg. Georg. iii. 199 When now the Nuptial time Approaches..Feed him with Herbs, whatever thou canst find, Of generous Warmth.
3. A moderate degree of heat inherent or produced in a substance or liquid.
1748Gray Alliance 3 A niggard Earth, Whose flinty Bosom starves her generous Birth, Nor genial Warmth, nor genial Juice retains. 1765Museum Rust. IV. 122 The extreme coldness of the soil had overcome the warmth of the ashes. 1784Cowper Task iii. 491 Ere the warmth, Slow gathering in the midst [of a hot-bed], through the square mass Diffus'd, attain the surface.
b. Pungency (of seasoning).
1816Tuckey Narr. Exped. R. Zaire iv. (1818) 138 The stews were..so highly peppered that our gentlemen, not accustomed to such warmth of seasoning, could scarcely swallow them.
4. An excited or fervent state of the feelings; strength or glow of feeling; fervent or vehement character (of an expression, welcome, salute, etc.); ardour, enthusiam; cordiality, heartiness.
1596Shakes. Merch. V. i. ii. 36 But what warmth is there in your affection towards any of these Princely suters that are already come? 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. i. §44 His majesty sent for them, and with much warmth and passion dissuaded them from appearing further in it. 1677Sir W. Temple Ess. Gout Wks. 1720 I. 134 The same warmth of Head disposes Men to both, though one be commonly esteemed an Honour, and the other a Reproach. 1702Steele Funeral Pref., I know not in what words to thank my Fellow-Soldiers for their Warmth and Zeal in my behalf. 1709Pope Ess. Crit. 678 An ardent Judge, who zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just. 1776Mirror No. 6 The singular opinions which have influenced his conduct, I have often heard him attempt, with great warmth, to defend. 1833H. Martineau Manch. Strike vii. 81 All with different degrees of warmth declared their readiness to sacrifice or to be sacrificed. 1835Marryat J. Faithful xxxiii, Mr. Drummond..shook me by the hand with a warmth which made me more ashamed of my conduct towards him. 1856N. Brit. Rev. XXVI. 204 The warmth of his gratitude to Warburton,..may be taken as the measure of his fears. 1875Jowett Plato (ed. 2) I. 496 The warmth of your professions will be of no avail. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 277 When the Conservatives came in,..the matter was taken up with unexpected warmth. 1902‘Linesman’ Words of Eyewitness Pref. 7 The warmth of welcome accorded to my book has surprised no less than it has gratified me.
b. A heated state of the temper approaching anger; the expression or exhibition of this; also, heated language or argument.
1710Steele Tatler No. 150 ⁋6 As an honest Man ought, (when he sees Two Friends in Warmth with each other) I took the first Opportunity I could to leave them by themselves. 1712in Maclaurin Argts. & Decis. (1774) 53 An apology for the warmth of expression in his former paper, to which he had been..provoked. 1817Jas. Mill Brit. India II. iv. vii. 243 He expressed warmth, and even resentment, upon the hardness of these arbitrary conditions. 1837Dickens Pickw. iii, I am ashamed to have been betrayed into this warmth of feeling. 1879Cassell's Techn. Educ. IV. 22/2 The strife was carried on with great warmth.
c. Excitement, exhilaration. rare.
1749Fielding Tom Jones xii. ii, Sportsmen, in the warmth of a chase, are too much engaged to attend to any manner of ceremony.
5. A glowing hue (of colouring in a picture, in nature); spec. in Painting, a glowing effect produced by the use of warm colours (see warm a. 15).
1717Pope Ep. to Mr. Jervas 38 We..Match Raphael's grace with thy lov'd Guido's air,..Paulo's free stroke, and Titian's warmth divine. 1803J. C. Ibbetson Accid. Painting (1828) 9 Warmth, or a tint made of red and yellow,..is the next valuable thing. 1834W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood i. i, As to complexion, his skin had a truly Spanish warmth and intensity of colouring. 1855Macaulay Hist. Eng. xii. III. 135 When the sun shines out in all his glory, the landscape has a freshness and a warmth of colouring seldom found in our latitude. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. iii. 47 For the past ten days we have been watching the growing warmth of our landscape.
6. nonce-use. The state of being prosperous or ‘well-off’. (Cf. warm a. 8.)
1888J. Payn Prince of Blood I. x. 163 What care I for his ‘warmth’ and reputation for integrity in the city?
7. attrib. and Comb.
c1830Coleridge Marginalia in Blackw. Mag. (1882) Jan. 116 Animal magnetism will be found connected with a warmth sense. 1909tr. Hopf's Human Species 39 A warmth-loving fauna. |