lukecool

English

Adjective

lukecool (not comparable)

1. (rare) Synonym of lukecold (“moderately cool”, “not very enthusiastic”)
   • 2008 June 3, Blair Underwood, Tananarive Due, Steven Barnes, Casanegra: A Tennyson Hardwick Novel, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 190:

     The Beemer's AC was blowing lukecool air on me, but now I was sweating. Movement in my rearview mirror caught my eye. I tensed until I saw three high school boys rounding the corner behind me, hunched over what looked like a box of CDs.

   • 2010 November 15, Jerry Rannow, Die Laughing, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 122:

     Claudia turned to me with lukecool pleasantness. “I prefer my husband to be surrounded by people who can divert his mind from the problems of the world.” “You sure picked the right crowd,” I said.

   • 2015 October 1, Michael Murphy, Fear Dat New Orleans: A Guide to the Voodoo, Vampires, Graveyards & Ghosts of the Crescent City, The Countryman Press, →ISBN:

     While reviewers were lukecool (38% on Rotten Tomatoes), Cirque du Freak did make money for Universal Pictures. The film, based on graphic novels by Darren Shan, yielded $14 million domestically and nearly $40 million worldwide.

   • 2021 April 5, Marc Haws, Ride a Westward Wind, AuthorHouse, →ISBN:

     At that moment, lying in lukecool water in the wooden trough, I wanted nothing. Absolutely nothing. I no longer cared about thirst. Or aches. Or hunger. Or anger. Or loneliness. Or people. Or pride. I lay there feeling the water […]

   • 2022 March 11, Linda Swan Burhenne, A Widow's Tale, Covenant Books, Inc., →ISBN:

     7:04 a.m. Good shower, once I figured out how to make it work. White tile with blue grout. Never could get the shower at Drumgooland to work. Had two showers, one lukewarm and one lukecool, in a cold house on successive rainy days.

Further reading

• ‘Lukewarm’ and ‘lukecool’ from Grammarphobia