distemperature
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of distemperature
1525–35; obsolete distemperate ( dis- 1 + temperate ) + -ure
Example Sentences
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Can it be so, my son, that thou art brought By mad distemperature against thy sire, On hearing of the irrevocable doom Passed on thy promised bride?
From The Seven Plays in English Verse by Sophocles
Tell how the world fell into this disease; And how so great distemperature did grow; So shall we see with what degrees it came; How things at full do soon wax out of frame.
From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones
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
A slight incident occurred, however, which sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature.
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 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
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