distemperature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of distemperature
1525–35; obsolete distemperate ( dis- 1 + temperate ) + -ure
Example Sentences
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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 Newell Dwight Hillis
Such sudden whirls of extreme rage were rare, yet were characteristic of Browning, and were sometimes followed by regret for his own distemperature.
From Robert Browning by Edward Dowden
Yet, oft as he hath caught This same distemperature, I know not how To harbour indignation against him.
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
His repeated use of the word "mother" had a reassuring effect almost, while she accounted that of the word "son" as sheer distemperature of the brain.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
And they would have gone further on still, but the storm increased upon them with much distemperature of the weather, so that they were forced to turn back without remedy.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
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