dis·tem·per·a·ture /dɪˈstɛmp(ə)rəˌʧʊr, pə(r), ʧɚ/
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.
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.
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