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Distempered


DISTEMPERED, participle passive or adjective

1. Diseased in body, or disordered in mind. We speak of a distempered body, a distempered limb, a distempered head or brain.

2. Disturbed; ruffled; as distempered passions.

3. Deprived of temper or moderation; immoderate; as distempered zeal.

4. Disordered; biased; prejudiced; perverted; as minds distempered by interest or passion.

The imagination, when completely distempered is the most incurable of all disordered faculties.

5. Disaffected; made malevolent.

DISTEMPERED lords.