temperamentaladj.

/tɛmpərəˈmɛntəl/

Etymology: < temperament n. + -al suffix¹.

1. Of or relating to the temperament (chiefly in sense 7); constitutional.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective]

habitual1526

natural1598

complexionate1607

habituous1633

complexional1636

temperamental1646

dispositive1656

attempered1661

characterial1824

naturel1856

dispositional1921

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 18 By a temperamentall inactivity we are unready to put in execution the suggestions or dictates of reason.

1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 139 The constitution or temperamentall disposition of the organ.

1824 New Monthly Mag. 11 321 In spite of her temperamental gaiety..she had moments of intense melancholy.

a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 381 These temperamental pro-virtues will too often fail.

1907 H. Wales Yoke i People there are who appear to have been given a special temperamental adaptation for an ascetic and abstinent life.

2. Of a person: liable to peculiar moods, having or giving way to an erratic or neurotic temperament. Hence, of a thing: behaving erratically or unpredictably.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical

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wildc1350

volage?a1366

gerfulc1374

geryc1386

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gerish1430

shittle1440

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runningc1449

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glaikit1488

fantasious1490

giggish1523

tickle or light of the sear?1530

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peevish1539

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ingiddied1628

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mercurial1647

garish1650

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kicksey-winseya1652

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whimsy-headed1699

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crotchetly1702

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flighty1768

fly-away1775

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whimmy1785

shy1787

whimming1787

quirky1789

notional1791

tricksome1815

vagarish1819

freakful1820

faddy1824

moodish1827

mawky1837

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rockety1843

quirkish1848

maggoty-pated1850

crotchetya1854

freaksome1854

faddish1855

vagrom1882

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vagarisome1883

on-and-offish1888

tricksical1889

freaky1891

hobby-horsical1893

quirksome1896

temperamental1907

up and down1960

untogether1969

fanciful-

fantastic-

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective]

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untristya1387

untrustya1387

unsurec1412

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doubtful1562

lubricious1584

slope1587

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nice1598

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loose1603

precary1606

ambiguous1612

treacherous1612

unsafe1615

unsureda1616

precarious1626

lubric1631

dubious1635

lubricous1646

unestablished1646

unfixed1654

unsecure?a1685

unreliable1810

unproven1836

untrustworthy1846

shady1848

wobbly1877

Kaffir1899

independable1921

dodgy1961

temperamental1962

1907 Amer. Mag. LXIII. 355/2 The Celtic race is above all things temperamental.

1923 E. Wallace Clue of New Pin xxix. 255 Tab decided that she was a little temperamental, and loved her for it.

1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise iii. 42 A temperamental person was said to be ‘one o' them as is either up on the roof or down the well’.

1962 Amer. Notes & Queries 1 31/1 The horse was particularly suitable in northern Europe where the temperamental climate often made rapid ploughing and planting important.

1965 Wireless World Sept. 436/1 He [sc. Dr. W. H. Eccles] also started a study of the coherer, the only detector of the period, which led to a better understanding of the action of that temperamental device.

1977 M. Drabble Ice Age i. 79 The central heating worked, and he had boosted it with an electric fire, albeit a temperamental electric fire, which needed the occasional kick.

Derivatives

ˌtemperaˈmentalist n. rare a temperamental person.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person

butterflya1500

wild-brain1580

wild-head1583

humorista1586

wild goose1597

barmy-froth1598

whirligig1602

maggot-monger1607

maggot-patea1640

kickshaw1644

whimsy-pate1654

maggot1681

volatilityship1771

whimship1793

vagarist1888

Jack-o'-wisp1896

Hamlet1903

temperamentalist1924

1924 Blackwood's Mag. June 786/1 I was what you might call a temperamentalist, and very easily hypnotised.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	temperamental
释义	temperamentaladj. /tɛmpərəˈmɛntəl/ Etymology: < temperament n. + -al suffix¹. 1. Of or relating to the temperament (chiefly in sense 7); constitutional. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > disposition or character > [adjective] habitual1526 natural1598 complexionate1607 habituous1633 complexional1636 temperamental1646 dispositive1656 attempered1661 characterial1824 naturel1856 dispositional1921 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 18 By a temperamentall inactivity we are unready to put in execution the suggestions or dictates of reason. View more context for this quotation 1650 W. Charleton tr. J. B. van Helmont Ternary of Paradoxes (new ed.) 139 The constitution or temperamentall disposition of the organ. 1824 New Monthly Mag. 11 321 In spite of her temperamental gaiety..she had moments of intense melancholy. a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1836) I. 381 These temperamental pro-virtues will too often fail. 1907 H. Wales Yoke i People there are who appear to have been given a special temperamental adaptation for an ascetic and abstinent life. 2. Of a person: liable to peculiar moods, having or giving way to an erratic or neurotic temperament. Hence, of a thing: behaving erratically or unpredictably. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [adjective] > capricious or whimsical startfulmood?a1300 wildc1350 volage?a1366 gerfulc1374 geryc1386 wild-headeda1400 skittishc1412 gerish1430 shittle1440 shittle-witted1448 runningc1449 volageous1487 glaikit1488 fantasious1490 giggish1523 tickle or light of the sear?1530 fantastical1531 wayward1531 wantona1538 peevish1539 light-headed1549 humoral1573 unstaid1579 shittle-headed1580 toy-headed1581 fangled1587 humorous1589 choiceful1591 toyish1598 tricksy1598 skip-brain1603 capricious1605 humoursome1607 planetary1607 vertiginous1609 whimsieda1625 ingiddied1628 whimsy1637 toysome1638 cocklec1640 mercurial1647 garish1650 maggoty1650 kicksey-winseya1652 freakish1653 humourish1653 planetic1653 whimsical1653 shittle-braineda1655 freaking1663 maggoty-headed1667 maggot-pated1681 hoity-toity1690 maggotish1693 maggot-headeda1695 whimsy-headed1699 fantasque1701 crotchetly1702 quixotic1718 volatile1719 holloweda1734 conundrumical1743 flighty1768 fly-away1775 dizzy1780 whimmy1785 shy1787 whimming1787 quirky1789 notional1791 tricksome1815 vagarish1819 freakful1820 faddy1824 moodish1827 mawky1837 erratic1841 rockety1843 quirkish1848 maggoty-pated1850 crotchetya1854 freaksome1854 faddish1855 vagrom1882 fantasied1883 vagarisome1883 on-and-offish1888 tricksical1889 freaky1891 hobby-horsical1893 quirksome1896 temperamental1907 up and down1960 untogether1969 fanciful- fantastic- the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > unreliability > [adjective] unsicker?c1225 uncertaina1382 unsadc1384 untristya1387 untrustya1387 unsurec1412 falliblec1425 slipperc1430 ficklea1450 frivol1488 slidder?a1500 casuala1535 slippery1548 slippy1548 failable1561 doubtful1562 lubricious1584 slope1587 queasy1589 unconfirmedc1592 nice1598 catching1603 loose1603 precary1606 ambiguous1612 treacherous1612 unsafe1615 unsureda1616 precarious1626 lubric1631 dubious1635 lubricous1646 unestablished1646 unfixed1654 unsecure?a1685 unreliable1810 unproven1836 untrustworthy1846 shady1848 wobbly1877 Kaffir1899 independable1921 dodgy1961 temperamental1962 1907 Amer. Mag. LXIII. 355/2 The Celtic race is above all things temperamental. 1923 E. Wallace Clue of New Pin xxix. 255 Tab decided that she was a little temperamental, and loved her for it. 1939 F. Thompson Lark Rise iii. 42 A temperamental person was said to be ‘one o' them as is either up on the roof or down the well’. 1962 Amer. Notes & Queries 1 31/1 The horse was particularly suitable in northern Europe where the temperamental climate often made rapid ploughing and planting important. 1965 Wireless World Sept. 436/1 He [sc. Dr. W. H. Eccles] also started a study of the coherer, the only detector of the period, which led to a better understanding of the action of that temperamental device. 1977 M. Drabble Ice Age i. 79 The central heating worked, and he had boosted it with an electric fire, albeit a temperamental electric fire, which needed the occasional kick. Derivatives ˌtemperaˈmentalist n. rare a temperamental person. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > inconstancy > [noun] > capriciousness > capricious persons or animals > capricious or whimsical person butterflya1500 wild-brain1580 wild-head1583 humorista1586 wild goose1597 barmy-froth1598 whirligig1602 maggot-monger1607 maggot-patea1640 kickshaw1644 whimsy-pate1654 maggot1681 volatilityship1771 whimship1793 vagarist1888 Jack-o'-wisp1896 Hamlet1903 temperamentalist1924 1924 Blackwood's Mag. June 786/1 I was what you might call a temperamentalist, and very easily hypnotised. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1646
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