distemperature

American  

[dis-tem-per-uh-cher] / dɪsˈtɛm pər ə tʃər /

noun

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

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Etymology

Origin of distemperature

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

Example Sentences

There is a very beautiful letter of Archbishop Leighton's to a lady under a similar distemperature of the imagination.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson

Her Gracious Majesty the Queen of England hath no such distemperature as that you name, and keepeth no sort of familiar fiend.

From Sir Mortimer by Johnston, Mary

"Nay, sir," said Alice, "God knows I would rather be silent for ever, than speak what might, as you would take it, add to your present distemperature."

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Scott, Walter, Sir

Then, in addition to these absolute weaknesses, come the disproportions of the body, the distemperature of various organs.

From A Man's Value to Society Studies in Self Culture and Character by Hillis, Newell Dwight

Then he spoke of you, Francis, asking whether I had discovered the cause of your recent distemperature.

From The Fool Errant Being the Memoirs of Francis-Anthony Strelley, Esq., Citizen of Lucca by Hewlett, Maurice Henry