|
|
Definition of Distemperate
1. a. Immoderate.
Definition of Distemperate
1. Adjective. (obsolete) immoderate ¹
2. Adjective. (obsolete) diseased; disordered ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distemperate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distemperate
Literary usage of Distemperate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary; Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1867)
"distemperate. Immoderate; from dis and temperate. The A'eve Metamorphosis, 1600, MS.
... It is deduced from distemperate, which is itself obsolete. ..."
2. The Southern Review (1829)
"Though he docs not adopt the opinion of those who place paradise under the
equinoctial line, he repels the objection of Thomas Aquinas, of "its distemperate ..."
3. The Complete Works of John Lyly by John Lyly (1902)
"... inconstant, and distemperate weather, euill for all kinde of cattle, but
especially for sheepe tempestuous and immoderate weather, wherewith many ..."
4. The Century Illustrated Monthly Magazine (1887)
"Claude, there once was a boy, yo' size, yo' age, but fierce, selfish, distemperate;
still more selfish than yo' schoolmaster of to-day. ..."
Other Resources:
