[+ -NESS.] The quality or condition of being lukewarm.
1561. Daus, trans. Bullinger on Apoc. (1573). 58 b. He expoundeth more fully the sinne of the Laodicians, and what is the cause of their lukewarmenesse.
1665. Boyle, New Exp. & Observ. Cold, 37. The many degrees of Coldness betwixt Lukewarmness and the Freezing degree of Cold.
1720. Welton, Suffer. Son of God, I. xii. 310. Their Lukewarmness and Indifferency towards God.
1875. Manning, Mission H. Ghost, i. 28. The lukewarmness with which we allow His Graces and Mercies to pass by us.