distemperment
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
distemperment (countable and uncountable, plural distemperments)
- (obsolete) distempered state; distemperature
- 1623, Owen Feltham, Resolves: Divine, Moral, Political:
- Then as some sulphurous spirit sent
By the torn Airs distemperment,
To a rich Palace; finds within
Some Sainted Maid , or Sheba Queen
References[edit]
“distemperment”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.