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Distemperature


DISTEMPERATURE, noun

1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; a noxious state; as the distemperature of the air of climate.

2. Violent tumultuousness; outrageousness.

3. Perturbation of mind.

4. Confusion; commixture of contrarieties; loss of regularity; disorder.

5. Slight illness; indisposition.