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Webster 1913 Edition


Temperamental

Temˊper-a-men′tal

,
Adj.
Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
[R.]
Sir T. Browne.

Webster 1828 Edition


Temperamental

TEMPERAMENT'AL

,
Adj.
Constitutional. [Not much used.]

Definition 2024


temperamental

temperamental

English

Adjective

temperamental (comparative more temperamental, superlative most temperamental)

  1. (not comparable) Of, related to, or caused by temperament.
  2. Subject to changing and unpredictable emotional states; moody, capricious; sometimes used figuratively to describe user-unfriendly or unstable machines or software that are either complicated and/or have poorly written instructions and are subsequently difficult to operate.

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Spanish

Adjective

temperamental m, f (plural temperamentales)

  1. temperamental, moody