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Webster 1828 Edition


Distempered

DISTEMPERED

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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.