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distemperature

distemperature is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.

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  1. 1.Disorder; confusion. Shak.
  2. 2.Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak.
  3. 3.Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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