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Warmest

Warm \Warm\, a. [Compar. Warmer; superl. Warmest.] [AS. wearm; akin to OS., OFries., D., & G. warm, Icel. varmr, Sw. & Dan. varm, Goth. warmjan to warm; probably akin to Lith. virti to cook, boil; or perhaps to Skr. gharma heat, OL. formus warm. ???, ???.]

  1. Having heat in a moderate degree; not cold as, warm milk. ``Whose blood is warm within.''
    --Shak.

    Warm and still is the summer night.
    --Longfellow.

  2. Having a sensation of heat, esp. of gentle heat; glowing.

  3. Subject to heat; having prevalence of heat, or little or no cold weather; as, the warm climate of Egypt.

  4. Fig.: Not cool, indifferent, lukewarm, or the like, in spirit or temper; zealous; ardent; fervent; excited; sprightly; irritable; excitable.

    Mirth, and youth, and warm desire!
    --Milton.

    Each warm wish springs mutual from the heart.
    --Pope.

    They say he's warm man and does not care to be mad? mouths at.
    --Addison.

    I had been none of the warmest of partisans.
    --Hawthor??.

  5. Violent; vehement; furious; excited; passionate; as, a warm contest; a warm debate.

    Welcome, daylight; we shall have warm work on't.
    --Dryden.

  6. Being well off as to property, or in good circumstances; forehanded; rich. [Colloq.]

    Warm householders, every one of them.
    --W. Irving.

    You shall have a draft upon him, payable at sight: and let me tell you he as warm a man as any within five miles round him.
    --Goldsmith.

  7. In children's games, being near the object sought for; hence, being close to the discovery of some person, thing, or fact concealed. [Colloq.]

    Here, indeed, young Mr. Dowse was getting ``warm,'' ?? children say at blindman's buff.
    --Black.

  8. (Paint.) Having yellow or red for a basis, or in their composition; -- said of colors, and opposed to cold which is of blue and its compounds.

    Syn: Ardent; zealous; fervent; glowing; enthusiastic; cordial; keen; violent; furious; hot.

Wiktionary
warmest
  1. (en-superlative of: warm) v

  2. (context archaic English) (en-archaic second-person singular of: warm)

Usage examples of "warmest".

The business of the session being despatched, the king repaired to the house of lords on the sixteenth day of April, and having passed all the bills that were ready for the royal assent, took leave of this parliament, with the warmest acknowledgment of their zeal, duty, and affection.

The commons expressed the warmest sense of gratitude for the blessings they enjoyed in his reign, though it was not yet eight months old.

This speech, as usual, was echoed back by an address to the throne from both houses, containing general expressions of the warmest loyalty and gratitude to his majesty, and implying the most perfect satisfaction and acquiescence in the articles of the treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle.

Upon this representation, the house agreed that the speaker should issue a warrant for removing him from Newgate to the custody of the sergeant-at-arms, but this favour he refused to accept, and expressed the warmest resentment against those relations who had applied to the commons in his behalf.

Among other excellent schemes which he suggested, he left a noble plan with the states-general for restoring their commerce to its former lustre, and lived long enough to receive their warmest acknowledgments fox this last proof of his prudence and patriotism.

Roman catholics of the city of Cork, in a body, presented an address to the lord-lieutenant, expressing their loyalty, in the warmest terms of assurance.

They professed the warmest indignation at the threatened invasion of the kingdom by an enemy, who, grown desperate from repeated defeats, might possibly make that attempt as a last effort, vainly flattered with the imaginary hope of assistance in Ireland, from the former attachment of their deluded predecessors.

These he attacked immediately, and compelled to abandon the post, notwithstanding all the efforts of the prince, who commanded in person, and appeared in the warmest parts of this short but sanguinary affair.

He had received a second letter from the emperor couched in the warmest terms of acknowledgment, and was declared prince of the empire.

King Charles wrote a letter with his own hand to the queen of England, containing a circumstantial detail of his affairs, the warmest expressions of acknowledgment, and the highest encomiums on her subjects, particularly the earl of Peterborough.

They first presented the usual addresses in the warmest terms of duty and affection.

In the Irish parliament held during the summer, the duke of Ormond and the majority of the peers supported the tory interest, while the commons expressed the warmest attachment to revolution principles.

The queen interpreted this address into a full approbation of the treaties of peace and commerce, and thanked them accordingly in the warmest terms of satisfaction and acknowledgment.

Bourrienne have always felt the warmest gratitude to the judge of the peace and his family.

Aubry, was one of its warmest partisans, and he was the avowed enemy of the revolutionary cause which Bonaparte advocated at this period.