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Definition of Distemperature
1. n. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
Definition of Distemperature
1. Noun. (rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions. ¹
2. Noun. (rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Distemperature
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distemperature
Literary usage of Distemperature
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on the Practice of Medicine by George Bacon Wood (1855)
"It is probable that some unknown distemperature of the atmosphere favours the
origin of phlebitis, which appears occasionally to prevail almost epidemically ..."
2. A Dictionary: English and Burmese by Adoniram Judson (1849)
"... vt to know or ascertain difference, distemperature, n. derangement of temperature,
... distemperature ..."
3. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"Most agree that a hot liver is in fault; * " the liver is the shop of humours,
and especially causeth melancholy by his hot and dry distemperature. ..."
4. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1850)
"Most agree that a hot liver is in fault ; * " the liver is the shop of humours,
and especially causeth melancholy by his hot and dry distemperature. ..."
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