distemperate

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Etymology

Latin distemperatus, past participle.

Adjective

distemperate (comparative more distemperate, superlative most distemperate)

  1. (obsolete) excessive
    • 1614, Walter Ralegh [i.e., Walter Raleigh], The Historie of the World [], London: [] William Stansby for Walter Burre, [], →OCLC, (please specify |book=1 to 5):
      there is any inconvenience or distemperate heat found
      Thou hast thy brain distemperate, and out of rule.

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