DISTEMPERATURE
Etymology
Noun
distemperature (countable and uncountable, plural distemperatures)
(now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions.
(now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder.
Standing waters, thick and ill-coloured, […] cause foul distemperatures in the body and mind of man […]
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*tem"per*a*ture, n.
1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. [Obs.]
2. Disorder; confusion. Shak.
3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.
4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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