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English
Etymology
From un- + temperate.
Adjective
untemperate (comparative more untemperate, superlative most untemperate)
- Obsolete form of intemperate.
c. 1608–1611, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “The Maid’s Tragedy”, in Comedies and Tragedies , London: Humphrey Robinson, , and for Humphrey Moseley , published 1679, →OCLC, Act V, scene i:Why give you peace to this untemperate beast
That hath so long transgress'd you?