warmthn.

Brit.

/wɔːmθ/, U.S.

/ˈwɔrmθ/

Forms: In Middle English wermþe.

Etymology: Old English *wiermþu , *wærmþu = Middle Low German wermede , Dutch warmte , Middle High German wermede , warmede , warmte (early modern German wärmte ) < Old Germanic type *warmiþō , < *warmo- : see warm adj. and -th suffix¹.

a. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat

lewthc1000

warmnessc1000

warmthc1175

warma1250

lew1605

c1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Do þine elmesse of þon þet þu maht ifor ðien..Wrecche men sceos and claðes..and wermþe and herburȝe.

1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 13 Reynart laye within the gate as he ofte was wonte to doo for the warmth of the sonne.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. 25–9, 188 b Petur, who..abiured y^e Lorde.. whyle ḃeing throughly taken w^t colde, he taketh warmth & heate by the coles of y^e wicked Jewes.

1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 36 Yet desyreth it [sc. Lupines] the warmth of Autume, that it may be well rooted before Winter come.

1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler ix. 91 In March, beginning of April, later end of September, and all winter fish bite best in the warmth of the day.

1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 74 When scarce a Shed Could be obtain'd to shelter him or me [sc. Mary] From the bleak air; a Stable was our warmth, A Manger his.

1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. viii. 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.

1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 310 How the frost, Raging abroad, and the rough wind, endear The silence and the warmth enjoy'd within!

1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. i. 28 If there be a sun in heaven She shall not dare to look upon its beams; Nor feel its warmth.

1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 181 He had gathered up his robe behind,..in order that he might feel the full warmth of the fire.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 60 The girl, Nursing a child, and turning to the warmth The tender pink five-beaded baby-soles.

1908 S. E. White Riverman iv A fine sun, tempered with a prophetic warmth of later spring, animated the scene.

b. figurative.

ΚΠ

1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xiii. 167 Many persons, from vicious, and dead, and cold, have passed into life and an excellent grace, and a spirituall warmth.

1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 382 Virtue quickens, with a warmth divine, The pow'rs that sin has brought to a decline.

1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 3 But when the dawn of rosy childhood past, And the new warmth of life's ascending sun Was felt by either, [etc.].

a. The natural heat of a living body; vital heat.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > biology > biological processes > temperature and regulation > [noun] > normal temperature

heat1340

warmth1599

animal heat1603

body temperature1865

normothermia1898

1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 98 No pulse Shall keepe his natiue progresse..No warmth, no breast shall testifie thou liuest.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 286 Come then, and take the last warmth of my Lippes.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost 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.

1711 J. Addison Spectator 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?

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 66 The warmth Of the life-blood, for loss of which I faint, Quivered between our intertwining arms.

†b. Of herbs: Aphrodisiac quality. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > aphrodisiac > quality of

warmth1697

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 When now the Nuptial time Approaches..Feed him with Herbs, whatever thou can'st find, Of generous warmth .

a. A moderate degree of heat inherent or produced in a substance or liquid.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat > in or of a substance

warmth1765

1765 Museum Rusticum 4 122 The extreme coldness of the soil had overcome the warmth of the ashes.

a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 193 A niggard earth, Whose barren bosom starves her gen'rous birth, Nor genial warmth, nor genial juice retains.

1785 W. Cowper 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).

ΘΚΠ

the world > food and drink > food > additive > [noun] > pungency of seasoning

warmth1816

the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency

peppera1425

tangc1440

mordacity1583

heat1586

saltness1612

piquantness1648

quickness1652

subtilty1661

penetratingness1662

pungency1663

piquancy1664

poignancy1677

mordicancy1693

pertness1756

causticity1772

poignance1782

pungence1810

warmth1816

piquance1867

zinginess1938

1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iv. 138 The stews were..so highly peppered that our gentlemen, not accustomed to such warmth of seasoning, could scarcely swallow them.

a. 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.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [noun]

jealoustea1382

yeverousheada1400

zeala1413

zealc1425

jealousy1436

eagernessc1450

heartinessc1475

estudy1483

fierceness1533

zealousnessc1555

zealousyc1565

edge1591

warmth1600

empressement1709

enthusiasm1717

entrain1847

impressment1854

fanaticism1855

keenness1875

the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun]

heatc825

earnestOE

fervour1340

ardourc1386

fever heata1398

burning1398

lowea1425

fervencec1430

ferventnessc1430

flame1548

ardency1549

fervency1554

fire1579

calenture1596

inflammation1600

warmth1600

brimstonea1616

incandescence1656

fervidness1692

candency1723

glow1748

white heat1814

hwyl1899

1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 32 But what warmth is there in your affection towardes any of these Princelie suters that are already come?

1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 190 The same warmth of head disposes men to both, though one be commonly esteemed an honour, and the other a reproach.

1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 20 His Majesty sent for them, and, with much warmth and passion, disswaded them from appearing Farther in it.

1702 R. Steele Funeral Pref. sig. A2^v I know not in what words to thank my Fellow-Soldiers for their Warmth and Zeal in my behalf.

1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 39 An ardent Judge, that Zealous in his Trust, With Warmth gives Sentence, yet is always Just.

1776 Mirror No. 6 The singular opinions which have influenced his conduct, I have often heard him attempt, with great warmth, to defend.

1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 81 All with different degrees of warmth declared their readiness to sacrifice or to be sacrificed.

1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. iv. 70 Mr. Drummond..shook me by the hand with a warmth which made me more ashamed of my conduct towards him.

1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 204 The warmth of his gratitude to Warburton,..may be taken as the measure of his fears.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 496 The warmth of your professions will be of no avail.

1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 277 When the Conservatives came in,..the matter was taken up with unexpected warmth.

1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by 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.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > heated state approaching anger

warmth1710

the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > angry speech

misword?c1225

hard words1583

storm1602

bark1663

warmth1710

1710 R. Steele 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.

1712 in J. Maclaurin Argts. & Decis. (1774) 53 An apology for the warmth of expression in his former paper, to which he had been..provoked.

1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 243 He expressed warmth, and even resentment, upon the hardness of these arbitrary conditions.

1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) iii. 34 I am ashamed to have been betrayed into this warmth of feeling.

1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 22/2 The strife was carried on with great warmth.

c. Excitement, exhilaration. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun]

exaltationa1513

exhilaration1626

gusto1629

gust1635

warmth1749

zest1758

1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. ii. 200 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 adj. 15).

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > warmth

warmth1716

1716 A. Pope Epist. Jervas in J. Dryden tr. C. A. du Fresnoy Art of Painting (ed. 2) sig. A7 We..Match Raphael's Grace, with thy lov'd Guido's Air,..Paulo's free Stroke, and Titian's Warmth divine.

1803 J. C. Ibbetson Accidence of Painting (1828) 9 Warmth, or a tint made of red and yellow,..is the next valuable thing.

1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood I. i. i. 11 As to complexion, his skin had a truly Spanish warmth and intensity of colouring.

1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 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.

1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 47 For the past ten days we have been watching the growing warmth of our landscape.

6. The state of being prosperous or ‘well-off’. (Cf. warm adj. 8.)Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > state of being well-off

warmness1399

competency1600

competence1738

well-to-do-ness1842

well-to-do-ism1848

well-offness1866

warmth1888

easy street1901

1888 J. Payn Prince of Blood I. x. 163 What care I for his ‘warmth’ and reputation for integrity in the city?

Compounds

attributive and in other combinations.

ΚΠ

c1830 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia in Blackwood's Mag. (1882) Jan. 116 Animal magnetism will be found connected with a warmth sense.

1909 tr. Hopf's Human Species 39 A warmth-loving fauna.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	warmth
释义	warmthn. Brit. /wɔːmθ/, U.S. /ˈwɔrmθ/ Forms: In Middle English wermþe. Etymology: Old English wiermþu , wærmþu = Middle Low German wermede , Dutch warmte , Middle High German wermede , warmede , warmte (early modern German wärmte ) < Old Germanic type warmiþō , < warmo- : see warm adj. and -th suffix¹. 1. a. 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. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat lewthc1000 warmnessc1000 warmthc1175 warma1250 lew1605 c1175 Lamb. Hom. 37 Do þine elmesse of þon þet þu maht ifor ðien..Wrecche men sceos and claðes..and wermþe and herburȝe. 1481 W. Caxton tr. Hist. Reynard Fox (1970) 13 Reynart laye within the gate as he ofte was wonte to doo for the warmth of the sonne. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Luke xxiv. 25–9, 188 b Petur, who..abiured y^e Lorde.. whyle ḃeing throughly taken w^t colde, he taketh warmth & heate by the coles of y^e wicked Jewes. 1577 B. Googe tr. C. Heresbach Foure Bks. Husbandry i. f. 36 Yet desyreth it [sc. Lupines] the warmth of Autume, that it may be well rooted before Winter come. 1662 R. Venables Experienc'd Angler ix. 91 In March, beginning of April, later end of September, and all winter fish bite best in the warmth of the day. 1671 J. Milton Paradise Regain'd ii. 74 When scarce a Shed Could be obtain'd to shelter him or me [sc. Mary] From the bleak air; a Stable was our warmth, A Manger his. View more context for this quotation 1690 J. Locke Ess. Humane Understanding ii. viii. 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. 1785 W. Cowper Task iv. 310 How the frost, Raging abroad, and the rough wind, endear The silence and the warmth enjoy'd within! 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci ii. i. 28 If there be a sun in heaven She shall not dare to look upon its beams; Nor feel its warmth. 1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 2nd Ser. 181 He had gathered up his robe behind,..in order that he might feel the full warmth of the fire. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 60 The girl, Nursing a child, and turning to the warmth The tender pink five-beaded baby-soles. 1908 S. E. White Riverman iv A fine sun, tempered with a prophetic warmth of later spring, animated the scene. b. figurative. ΚΠ 1653 Bp. J. Taylor Ενιαυτος: Course of Serm. i. xiii. 167 Many persons, from vicious, and dead, and cold, have passed into life and an excellent grace, and a spirituall warmth. 1781 W. Cowper Table Talk 382 Virtue quickens, with a warmth divine, The pow'rs that sin has brought to a decline. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Enoch Arden in Enoch Arden, etc. 3 But when the dawn of rosy childhood past, And the new warmth of life's ascending sun Was felt by either, [etc.]. 2. a. The natural heat of a living body; vital heat. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > biological processes > temperature and regulation > [noun] > normal temperature heat1340 warmth1599 animal heat1603 body temperature1865 normothermia1898 1599 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. i. 98 No pulse Shall keepe his natiue progresse..No warmth, no breast shall testifie thou liuest. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 286 Come then, and take the last warmth of my Lippes. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost 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. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator 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? 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. i. 66 The warmth Of the life-blood, for loss of which I faint, Quivered between our intertwining arms. †b. Of herbs: Aphrodisiac quality. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sexual relations > sexual desire > [noun] > aphrodisiac > quality of warmth1697 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 102 When now the Nuptial time Approaches..Feed him with Herbs, whatever thou can'st find, Of generous warmth . View more context for this quotation 3. a. A moderate degree of heat inherent or produced in a substance or liquid. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > [noun] > warmth or moderate heat > in or of a substance warmth1765 1765 Museum Rusticum 4 122 The extreme coldness of the soil had overcome the warmth of the ashes. a1771 T. Gray Ess. I in W. Mason Mem. Life & Writings (1775) 193 A niggard earth, Whose barren bosom starves her gen'rous birth, Nor genial warmth, nor genial juice retains. 1785 W. Cowper 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). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > additive > [noun] > pungency of seasoning warmth1816 the world > physical sensation > taste and flavour > sourness or acidity > [noun] > pungency peppera1425 tangc1440 mordacity1583 heat1586 saltness1612 piquantness1648 quickness1652 subtilty1661 penetratingness1662 pungency1663 piquancy1664 poignancy1677 mordicancy1693 pertness1756 causticity1772 poignance1782 pungence1810 warmth1816 piquance1867 zinginess1938 1816 J. K. Tuckey Narr. Exped. River Zaire (1818) iv. 138 The stews were..so highly peppered that our gentlemen, not accustomed to such warmth of seasoning, could scarcely swallow them. 4. a. 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > zeal or enthusiasm > [noun] jealoustea1382 yeverousheada1400 zeala1413 zealc1425 jealousy1436 eagernessc1450 heartinessc1475 estudy1483 fierceness1533 zealousnessc1555 zealousyc1565 edge1591 warmth1600 empressement1709 enthusiasm1717 entrain1847 impressment1854 fanaticism1855 keenness1875 the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > [noun] heatc825 earnestOE fervour1340 ardourc1386 fever heata1398 burning1398 lowea1425 fervencec1430 ferventnessc1430 flame1548 ardency1549 fervency1554 fire1579 calenture1596 inflammation1600 warmth1600 brimstonea1616 incandescence1656 fervidness1692 candency1723 glow1748 white heat1814 hwyl1899 1600 W. Shakespeare Merchant of Venice i. ii. 32 But what warmth is there in your affection towardes any of these Princelie suters that are already come? View more context for this quotation 1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 190 The same warmth of head disposes men to both, though one be commonly esteemed an honour, and the other a reproach. 1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. i. 20 His Majesty sent for them, and, with much warmth and passion, disswaded them from appearing Farther in it. 1702 R. Steele Funeral Pref. sig. A2^v I know not in what words to thank my Fellow-Soldiers for their Warmth and Zeal in my behalf. 1711 A. Pope Ess. Crit. 39 An ardent Judge, that Zealous in his Trust, With Warmth gives Sentence, yet is always Just. 1776 Mirror No. 6 The singular opinions which have influenced his conduct, I have often heard him attempt, with great warmth, to defend. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) vii. 81 All with different degrees of warmth declared their readiness to sacrifice or to be sacrificed. 1834 F. Marryat Jacob Faithful III. iv. 70 Mr. Drummond..shook me by the hand with a warmth which made me more ashamed of my conduct towards him. 1856 N. Brit. Rev. 26 204 The warmth of his gratitude to Warburton,..may be taken as the measure of his fears. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 496 The warmth of your professions will be of no avail. 1893 F. W. L. Adams New Egypt 277 When the Conservatives came in,..the matter was taken up with unexpected warmth. 1902 ‘Linesman’ Words by 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. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > [noun] > heated state approaching anger warmth1710 the mind > emotion > anger > manifestation of anger > [noun] > angry speech misword?c1225 hard words1583 storm1602 bark1663 warmth1710 1710 R. Steele 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. 1712 in J. Maclaurin Argts. & Decis. (1774) 53 An apology for the warmth of expression in his former paper, to which he had been..provoked. 1817 J. Mill Hist. Brit. India II. iv. vii. 243 He expressed warmth, and even resentment, upon the hardness of these arbitrary conditions. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) iii. 34 I am ashamed to have been betrayed into this warmth of feeling. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 22/2 The strife was carried on with great warmth. c. Excitement, exhilaration. rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] exaltationa1513 exhilaration1626 gusto1629 gust1635 warmth1749 zest1758 1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones IV. xii. ii. 200 Sportsmen, in the Warmth of a Chase, are too much engaged to attend to any Manner of Ceremony. View more context for this quotation 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 adj. 15). ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > quality of colour > [noun] > warmth warmth1716 1716 A. Pope Epist. Jervas in J. Dryden tr. C. A. du Fresnoy Art of Painting (ed. 2) sig. A7 We..Match Raphael's Grace, with thy lov'd Guido's Air,..Paulo's free Stroke, and Titian's Warmth divine. 1803 J. C. Ibbetson Accidence of Painting (1828) 9 Warmth, or a tint made of red and yellow,..is the next valuable thing. 1834 W. H. Ainsworth Rookwood I. i. i. 11 As to complexion, his skin had a truly Spanish warmth and intensity of colouring. 1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xii. 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. 1856 E. K. Kane Arctic Explor. II. iii. 47 For the past ten days we have been watching the growing warmth of our landscape. 6. The state of being prosperous or ‘well-off’. (Cf. warm adj. 8.)Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > wealth > [noun] > state of being well-off warmness1399 competency1600 competence1738 well-to-do-ness1842 well-to-do-ism1848 well-offness1866 warmth1888 easy street1901 1888 J. Payn Prince of Blood I. x. 163 What care I for his ‘warmth’ and reputation for integrity in the city? Compounds attributive and in other combinations. ΚΠ c1830 S. T. Coleridge Marginalia in Blackwood's Mag. (1882) Jan. 116 Animal magnetism will be found connected with a warmth sense. 1909 tr. Hopf's Human Species 39 A warmth-loving fauna. 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