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warmth

UK/wɔːmθ/ US/wɔɹmθ/ fairly common

noun

1.

the sensation caused by heat energy

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the quality of having a moderate degree of heat

  • “an agreeable warmth in the house”
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Origin

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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