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English
Etymology
From mis- + temper.
Verb
mistemper (third-person singular simple present mistempers, present participle mistempering, simple past and past participle mistempered)
- (transitive) To temper (something) ill; to disorder.
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :[T]his inundation of mistempered humour […]
1602, William Warner, “The Second Booke. Chapter IX.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: , 5th edition, London: Edm Bollifant for George Potter, , →OCLC, page 37:From her miſtempered head ſhe teares her louely Treſſes faſt, / And beareth on her Iuorie breſts, and caſts her on the ground, […]
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