Laodicean

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Adjective

English

Etymology

From Latin Laodicea, from Greek Λαοδικεια, a city in Asia Minor.

Pronunciation

IPA: /leɪədɪ'si:ən/

Adjective

Laodicean

1. pertaining to Laodicea
2. lukewarm, neither hot nor cold (with reference to Revelation 3:16)

   • 1955: The baths were mostly tiled showers, with an endless variety of spouting mechanisms, but with one definitely non-Laodicean characteristic in common, a propensity, while in use, to turn instantly beastly hot or blindingly cold upon you, depending on whether your neighbor turned on his cold or his hot to deprive you of a necessary complement in the shower you had so carefully blended. — Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita