distemperature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of distemperature
1525–35; obsolete distemperate ( dis- 1 + temperate ) + -ure
Example Sentences
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At your birth, Our grandam Earth, having this distemperature, In passion shook.
From King Henry IV, Part 1 by Shakespeare, William
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
These cords of sleep, wherewith I wont to bind The strongest arm that e'er resisted me, Shall be the means whereby I will correct The Senses' outrage and distemperature.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 9 by Various
Follow us, Doctor; 'tis Flores treacherie That thus hath wrought my sonnes distemperature.
From A Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 3 by Bullen, A. H. (Arthur Henry)
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 Zurara, Gomes Eannes de
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