单词 | distemperance |
释义 | † distemperancen. Obsolete. 1. gen. Improper proportioning or mingling (of elements). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > unsuitability or inappropriateness > [noun] > quality of being disproportionate distemperance1340 unproportionatenessa1398 improportionc1450 inequalitya1538 disproportion1555 distemperment1582 misproportionateness1587 misproportion1596 unproportionableness1610 distemper1612 unproportiona1626 disproportionality1642 disproportionatedness1647 incommensuration1650 disproportionableness1651 overproportion1666 disproportionateness1668 incommensurateness1727 unproportionality1818 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 153 Ase to þe bodye of man comeþ alle eueles uor þe destempringe of þise uour qualities oþer of þise uour humours: alzuo of þe herte of þe manne comeþ alle þe uices and alle þe zennes be þe distemperance of þise þeawes. 2. Of the air, climate, weather: Intemperateness, inclemency; = distemperature n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of reighnessOE distemperancec1374 distemperurea1387 sternnessa1387 intemperance?a1475 distemperature1531 intemperancy1540 roughness1545 crabbedness1546 intemperateness1555 inclemency1559 intemperature1570 untemperateness1577 foulness1581 distemperment1582 distemper1614 unkindliness1625 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iii. pr. xi. 97–8 Þat þe vttereste bark [of trees] is put ayenis the destempraunce of þe heuene, as a defendowr. c1430 Life St. Kath. (1884) 60 Tempest and alle distemperance of weder. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) II. f. xxv And this yere fell great dystemperaunce of Wethyr. 1558 Abp. M. Parker Let. 20 Dec. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 52 I would wish ye were not much stirring abroad in the distemperance of the air. 1579 G. Fenton tr. F. Guicciardini Hist. Guicciardin ix. 499 It was hard for him to remeine there both for the want of vittells, and distemperance of the tyme winter approching. 3. Disturbance of ‘humour’, temper, or mind; = distemper n.1 3. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > ill humour > [noun] melancholya1393 morosity1534 distemperature1571 distemperance1574 diverseness1574 sullennessa1586 spleen1596 distemper1604 mustinessa1625 canker?1635 distemperedness1649 moroseness1653 tetricalness1653 moodiness1694 dishumour1712 ill humour1748 sulkiness1760 stuff1787 funk1808 sumphishness1830 spleenishness1847 moodishness1857 grouchiness1925 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 250 For any distemperance that may greeue you, or may happen to anger you. 1602 S. Daniel Musophilus cii If..this nice wit, or that distemperance, Neglect, distaste, uncomprehend, disdain. 4. Distempered condition (of the ‘humours’, etc.); bodily or mental disorder, ailment. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > [noun] unhealc700 untrumnessc897 adleeOE sicknessc967 cothec1000 unhealthc1000 woe?a1200 ail?c1225 lying?c1225 maladyc1275 unsoundc1275 feebless1297 languora1375 languishc1384 disease1393 aegritudea1400 lamea1400 maleasea1400 soughta1400 wilc1400 malefaction?a1425 firmityc1426 unwholesomenessc1449 ill1450 languenta1500 distemperancea1535 the valley of the shadow of death1535 affect?1537 affection?1541 distemperature1541 inability1547 sickliness1565 languishment1576 cause1578 unhealthfulness1589 crazedness1593 languorment1593 evilness1599 strickenness1599 craziness1602 distemper1604 unsoundness1605 invaletude1623 unhealthiness1634 achaque1647 unwellness1653 disailment1657 insalubrity1668 faintiness1683 queerness1687 invalidity1690 illness1692 ill health1698 ailment1708 illing1719 invalescence1724 peakingness1727 sickishness1727 valetudinariness1742 ailingness1776 brash1786 invalidism1794 poorliness1814 diseasement1826 invalidship1830 valetudinarianism1839 ailing1862 invalidhood1863 megrims1870 pourriture1890 immersement1903 bug1918 condition1920 a1535 T. More Dialoge of Comfort (1553) ii. xvi. sig. K.viv The distemperaunce of either other engendreth sumtime the distemperaunce of both twaine [sc. soul and body]. 1573 Abp. Parker in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1824) 1st Ser. II. 268 My oft distemperance and infirmitie of bodye. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions i. x. f. 79v When moysture is all wasted a man falleth into a cold and drye distemperaunce, and finally thereby brought to his death. 1620 T. Venner Via Recta vii. 114 Stomacks..subiect to vomiting through the distemperance of choler. 5. Lack or absence of moderation; excess, intemperateness; spec. excess in drinking or other indulgence, intemperance. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > excessive amount or degree > [noun] unhovea1300 passingc1350 distemperancec1374 excess1393 unmeasurea1400 surfeita1500 excessivenessa1513 ametry?1541 immoderation?1541 distemperature1572 exceedingnessa1586 grossness1585 unreasonableness1606 inordinacya1617 excrescency1638 immoderancy1646 fair share1650 overbalance1651 hyperbole1652 overheight1664 immoderacya1682 faggald1824 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. ii. 116 Certis so doþ distemperaunce to feble men, þat ne mowen nat wrastle aȝeins þe vices. 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (1495) v. xxviii. 139 The hondes ben drye by distemperaunce of heete and excesse that wastyth the moysture. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 161 To lufe in sic distemperance. 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe ii. f. xxviii Al is thorowe distemperrance of the body vsed the daye before. 1576 T. Newton tr. L. Lemnie Touchstone of Complexions ii. iii. f. 111 Superfluitye and distemperaunce of drincke. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cii. 88 The stomacke is weake by distemperance of heate. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340 |
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