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Luke

proper noun

  1. male given name
  2. one of the four evangelists
  3. book of the Bible
  4. family name
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /l(j)uːk/ / /lɪu̯k/ / /luːk/ / /luk/ / /lʉk/

adj

Etymology: From Middle English leuȝke, leuk, leuke, lewk, lewke, louk, luk, luke, lheuc, probably from Old English *hlēoc beside hlēow- (whence lew); compare rēoc and rēow, slēac and unslēaw, etc. Alternatively, perhaps from a verb, Old English *hlēowcian, *hlīewcian (“to make tepid or lukewarm”), whence possibly Middle English leuken (“to make lukewarm”). Compare also Dutch leuk (“lukewarm”), West Frisian lûk (“sly, clever”), Low German luuk (“lively, cheerful", also "lukewarm, dull, indifferent”).

  1. lukewarm

    “Let me have nine penn'orth o' brandy and water luke, and the inkstand, will you, miss?”

    “Then one of them turned coward on account of the exceeding chill, cast away his faith, and desired to bathe himself in the luke water, and turned from his companions; but he died as soon as he touched the water, and the warmness was turned into death to him […]”

name

Etymology: From Latin Lūcās, from Koine Greek Λουκᾶς (Loukâs). See the Greek entry for more.

  1. A male given name.

    “"Your parents like Cool Hand Luke, yes?" "I don't really know. Why?" "Why? Because they name you Luke." I was worried I might have to explain that my name wasn't all that uncommon, and, anyway, Claudia had named me after the alter ego of Hank Williams, Luke the Drifter.”

    “The engineers are Akash Bobba, Edward Coristine, Luke Farritor, Gautier Cole Killian, Gavin Kliger, and Ethan Shaotran.”

  2. Luke the Evangelist, an early Christian credited with the authorship of the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles.

    “Luke, the beloved physician, and Demas, greet you.”

  3. The Gospel of St. Luke, a book of the New Testament of the Bible. Traditionally the third of the four gospels.
  4. An English surname originating as a patronymic, a variant of Luck.
  5. An Irish surname originating as a patronymic, a later anglicization of Lúcás (Lucas).
  6. A village in Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  7. A village in Hadžići, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  8. A village in Pale, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
  9. A village in Tartu, Estonia.
  10. A village in Kriva Palanka, North Macedonia.
  11. A village in Moravica district, Serbia.
  12. A town in Maryland, United States; named for papermaker William Luke.