distemperature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of distemperature
1525–35; obsolete distemperate ( dis- 1 + temperate ) + -ure
Example Sentences
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Were I assur'd my hart should have release Of secret torment and distemperature, I would reveale it to you specially Whom I have found my faithfull favorite.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 4 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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
Not now, my son," said the Sub-Prior, "not in this distemperature of mind.
From The Monastery by Scott, Walter, Sir
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
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