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distemperature

[ dis-tem-per-uh-cher ]

noun

  1. a distempered or disordered condition; disturbance of health, mind, or temper.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of distemperature1

1525–35; obsolete distemperate ( dis- 1 + temperate ) + -ure
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Example Sentences

By this distemperature of weather much cattel perished, much corne vpon the ground was either destroyed, or greatly empaired.

A slight incident occurred, however, which sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature.

Many and various were the conjectures of the guests, concerning a distemperature which seemed rather mental than corporeal.

Thus a simple distemperature of the brain might be 'an excess of heat'; a compound one, 'an excess of heat and moisture.'

To these numerous and complicated diseases of the body, many had superadded distemperature of the mind.

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