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Definition of Intemperate
1. Adjective. (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes. "Intemperate zones"
2. Adjective. Excessive in behavior. "Intemperate rage"
3. Adjective. Given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors. "A hard drinker"
Definition of Intemperate
1. a. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.
2. v. t. To disorder.
Definition of Intemperate
1. Adjective. Lacking moderation, temper or control ¹
2. Verb. (obsolete transitive) To disorder. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Intemperate
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Intemperate
Literary usage of Intemperate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Synonymes Explained in Alphabetical Order: With Copious by George Crabb (1881)
"Tuf EXCESSIVE is beyond measure; the IMMODERATE, from modus, a mode or measure,
is without measure ; the intemperate, from tempos, a time or term, ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1887)
"But there was also evidence tending to show that the insured was not, prior to
the issuing of the policy, addicted to the excessive or intemperate use of ..."
3. The Works of the Right Honorable Edmund Burke by Edmund Burke (1867)
"respect to the passion, violence, and intemperate heat with which he charged ...
If they had been intemperate in their conduct, if they had been violent, ..."
4. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"intemperate. See "So far intemperate as to impair health." The word "intemperate,"
when used to characterize a person, may mean that he is excessive either ..."
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