distemperature

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English

Etymology

From dis- +‎ temperature.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /dɪsˈtɛmpəɹətj(ʊ)ə/

Noun

distemperature (countable and uncountable, plural distemperatures)

  1. (now rare) A state of adverse or unhealthy atmospheric conditions.
  2. (now rare) Unhealthy imbalance of bodily humours; a disorder.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , New York, 2001, p.224:
      Standing waters, thick and ill-coloured, cause foul distemperatures in the body and mind of man

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