† distemperuren.
Obsolete.
= distemperature n.
1. Distempered condition (of the elements, humours); = distemperature n. 1, 2.
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distemperancec1374
distemperurea1387
sternnessa1387
intemperance?a1475
distemperature1531
intemperancy1540
roughness1545
crabbedness1546
intemperateness1555
inclemency1559
intemperature1570
untemperateness1577
foulness1581
distemperment1582
distemper1614
unkindliness1625
a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 31 [In Paradise] þere is noon distemperure [L. nulla intemperies].
2. Intemperance, immoderation; = distemperature n. 5.
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c1380 J. Wyclif Sel. Wks. III. 156 So, as temperure of iche bodily þing schulde norische a mon, distemperure þerinne may be calde glotorye.
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