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

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

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

You are discomposed or displeased, my lord," replied Tressilian; "yet there is no occasion for distemperature.

From Kenilworth by Scott, Walter, Sir

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 Kerr, Robert

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 De Morgan, William Frend