distemperature noun. [dɪ'stɛmp(ǝ)rǝtʃǝ] M16.
[from DIS- 2 + TEMPERATURE.]
1. Disturbance of the weather; unhealthiness of the air; inclemency. arch. M16.
■ T. Herbert This distemperature by storms of Wind and Rain turns Summer into Winter.

2. = DISTEMPER noun¹ 1, 2. arch. M16.
■ Lytton The distemperature of an over-laboured brain.
■ Sir W. Scott Durward..found the latter in a state of choleric distemperature.

3. (A) disturbed or disordered condition of society, the world, etc. Now rare or obsolete. L16.

4. Immoderation, excess; intemperance. arch. L16.

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