What does "distemperature" mean?
Distemperature: Disorder; confusion. Shak.
Additional senses
- 2.Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.
- 3.Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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