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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion;

as,

intemperateness

in eating or drinking

Severity of weather; inclemency.

Boyle.

By unseasonable weather, by

intemperateness

of the air or meteors.

Sir M. Hale.

Noun.

Want of moderation; excessive degree of indulgence; as the intemperateness of appetite or passion.

Immoderate degree of any quality in the weather, as in cold, heat or storms.