DISTEMPERATURES

Noun

distemperatures

plural of distemperature

Source: Wiktionary


DISTEMPERATURE

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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