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noun dɪˈstɛmpəˌdɪsˈtɛmpər mass noun1A viral disease of some animals, especially dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh. Example sentencesExamples - Will the insurer cover routine wellness care, such as inoculations against distemper, rabies and other diseases?
- At the nearby Scott Base, seals are infected with canine distemper, a virus passed to them by researchers' dogs.
- This species is also susceptible to a variety of diseases such as distemper, which is controlled in domestic dogs.
- The canine distemper virus causes a highly contagious disease in dogs known as distemper.
- Kamikaze died of distemper at a young age, and in 1939 Keller received one of his older brothers as a replacement.
- For example, parvovirus, distemper and rabies are diseases that can be vaccinated against.
2archaic Political disorder. an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world's distemper Example sentencesExamples - At the heart of the book is James's description of the democratic temperament, which I take to be a healthy corrective to the distemper that characterizes so much of politics today.
- The Hamlet world's distemper, she argues, stems mostly from the way the generational/political life cycle has been upset.
- Another reason for stalemate (or decline, as the case may be) in the stock market is the political distemper created by the major political parties.
Origin Mid 16th century (originally in the sense 'bad temper', later 'illness'): from Middle English distemper 'upset, derange', from late Latin distemperare 'soak, mix in the wrong proportions', from dis- 'thoroughly' + temperare 'mingle'. Compare with temper. sense 1 dates from the mid 18th century. noundɪˈstɛmpəˌdɪsˈtɛmpər mass noun1A kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil base, for use on walls or for scene-painting. Example sentencesExamples - The walls were painted with a water-based powder distemper, usually in grass green or primrose colour.
- The family room pairs milk-painted and beeswaxed wainscoting below with a chalk-base distemper paint above.
- Paper was printed by hand using wooden blocks and distemper paint, which dried to a soft, matt finish.
- The kitchen gleamed from the distemper Dad had painted on its walls in contrasting shades of green and pink.
- The rolls thus formed are laid out on a table where they are painted with a coat of ground color of distemper.
- 1.1 A method of mural and poster painting using distemper.
Example sentencesExamples - Many of the artists, most particularly Vuillard, painted these in distemper and left them unlined and unvarnished, making them more fragile than oils on canvas.
- Come a ‘chaste art festival’, then the distemper art rules the roost in major spots.
- He painted in distemper, which produced a matt finish, and his gentle colour harmonies are very different from the brilliant or harsh hues often associated with German Expressionist painting.
- We use camlin water colour for fine painting and distemper in general.
verb dɪˈstɛmpəˌdɪsˈtɛmpər [with object]often as adjective distemperedPaint with distemper. the distempered roof timbers Example sentencesExamples - At Wissett Lodge, her rented home in Suffolk, she and Duncan distempered the walls a brilliant blue, and dyed the chair-covers with coloured ink.
- The bedroom walls were distempered a dark, shiny green, the curtains were green with spots on and the bedspread an uninspiring khaki.
Synonyms colour, apply paint to, decorate, tint, dye, stain, whitewash, emulsion, gloss, spray, spray-paint, airbrush, roller, coat, cover
Origin Late Middle English (originally as a verb in the senses 'dilute' and 'steep'): from Old French destremper or late Latin distemperare 'soak'. nounˌdɪsˈtɛmpərˌdisˈtempər 1A viral disease of some animals, especially dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh. Example sentencesExamples - This species is also susceptible to a variety of diseases such as distemper, which is controlled in domestic dogs.
- For example, parvovirus, distemper and rabies are diseases that can be vaccinated against.
- Kamikaze died of distemper at a young age, and in 1939 Keller received one of his older brothers as a replacement.
- At the nearby Scott Base, seals are infected with canine distemper, a virus passed to them by researchers' dogs.
- Will the insurer cover routine wellness care, such as inoculations against distemper, rabies and other diseases?
- The canine distemper virus causes a highly contagious disease in dogs known as distemper.
2archaic Political disorder. an attempt to illuminate the moral roots of the modern world's distemper Example sentencesExamples - At the heart of the book is James's description of the democratic temperament, which I take to be a healthy corrective to the distemper that characterizes so much of politics today.
- The Hamlet world's distemper, she argues, stems mostly from the way the generational/political life cycle has been upset.
- Another reason for stalemate (or decline, as the case may be) in the stock market is the political distemper created by the major political parties.
Origin Mid 16th century (originally in the sense ‘bad temper’, later ‘illness’): from Middle English distemper ‘upset, derange’, from late Latin distemperare ‘soak, mix in the wrong proportions’, from dis- ‘thoroughly’ + temperare ‘mingle’. Compare with temper. distemper (sense 1) dates from the mid 18th century. nounˌdɪsˈtɛmpərˌdisˈtempər 1A kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil base, for use on walls or for scene-painting. Example sentencesExamples - The rolls thus formed are laid out on a table where they are painted with a coat of ground color of distemper.
- Paper was printed by hand using wooden blocks and distemper paint, which dried to a soft, matt finish.
- The kitchen gleamed from the distemper Dad had painted on its walls in contrasting shades of green and pink.
- The walls were painted with a water-based powder distemper, usually in grass green or primrose colour.
- The family room pairs milk-painted and beeswaxed wainscoting below with a chalk-base distemper paint above.
- 1.1 A method of mural and poster painting using distemper.
Example sentencesExamples - Come a ‘chaste art festival’, then the distemper art rules the roost in major spots.
- Many of the artists, most particularly Vuillard, painted these in distemper and left them unlined and unvarnished, making them more fragile than oils on canvas.
- We use camlin water colour for fine painting and distemper in general.
- He painted in distemper, which produced a matt finish, and his gentle colour harmonies are very different from the brilliant or harsh hues often associated with German Expressionist painting.
verbˌdɪsˈtɛmpərˌdisˈtempər [with object]often as adjective distemperedPaint (something) with distemper. the distempered roof timbers Example sentencesExamples - The bedroom walls were distempered a dark, shiny green, the curtains were green with spots on and the bedspread an uninspiring khaki.
- At Wissett Lodge, her rented home in Suffolk, she and Duncan distempered the walls a brilliant blue, and dyed the chair-covers with coloured ink.
Synonyms colour, apply paint to, decorate, tint, dye, stain, whitewash, emulsion, gloss, spray, spray-paint, airbrush, roller, coat, cover
Origin Late Middle English (originally as a verb in the senses ‘dilute’ and ‘steep’): from Old French destremper or late Latin distemperare ‘soak’. |