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

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Example Sentences

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distemperature

"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 Sir Walter Scott

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

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

From A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Volume 11 Arranged in Systematic Order: Forming a Complete History of the Origin and Progress of Navigation, Discovery, and Commerce, by Sea and Land, from the Earliest Ages to the Present Time by Robert Kerr

Follow us, Doctor; 'tis Flores treacherie That thus hath wrought my sonnes distemperature.

From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by A. H. (Arthur Henry) Bullen

Tell your master what I said—but not how I said it—Fie, that I should have been betrayed into this distemperature of passion!— begone, sirrah.

From Woodstock; or, the Cavalier by Sir Walter Scott

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