DISTEMPERATURE

distemperature. Distemperature, n. intemperance, confusion, noise

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Dis‐tem″per‐a‐ture (?; 135), n. 1. 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
2. 2. Disorder; confusion. Shak.
3. 3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak. 4. 4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.