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Definition of Distemperatures
1. distemperature [n] - See also: distemperature
Lexicographical Neighbors of Distemperatures
Literary usage of Distemperatures
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Anatomy of Melancholy: What it Is, with All the Kinds, Causes, Symptoms by Robert Burton (1847)
"... causeth all these distemperatures, alteration and contusion of spirits and
humours. By means of which, so disturbed, concoction is hindered, ..."
2. Publications by Shakespeare Society (Great Britain) (1853)
"... With multiplicity of distemperatures, And Saturn is a king of nothing else
But woes, vexations, sorrows, and laments. To add to these the threat'nings ..."
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