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Webster 1913 Edition
Intemperate
1.
Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion.
2.
Specifically,
addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors.
3.
Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate;
as,
. intemperate
language, zeal, etc.; intemperate
weatherMost do taste through fond
intemperate
thirst. Milton.
Use not thy mouth to
intemperate
swearing. Ecclus. xxiii. 13.
In-temˊper-ate
,Verb.
T.
To disorder.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Intemperate
INTEM'PERATE
,Adj.
1.
Not moderate or restrained within due limits; indulging to excess any appetite or passion, either habitually or in a particular instance; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion. A man may be intemperate in passion, intemperate in labor, intemperate in study or zeal. Hence by customary application, intemperate denotes indulging to excess in the use of food or drink, but particularly in the use of spirituous liquors. Hence, 2. Addicted to an excessive or habitual use of spirituous liquors.
3.
Passionate; ungovernable.4.
Excessive; exceeding the convenient mean or degree; as an intemperate climate. The weather may be rendered intemperate by violent winds, rain or snow, or by excessive cold or heat.INTEM'PERATE
,Verb.
T.
Definition 2024
intemperate
intemperate
English
Adjective
intemperate (comparative more intemperate, superlative most intemperate)
- Lacking moderation, temper or control.
- intemperate language; intemperate zeal
- Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4.
- Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.
Synonyms
- See also Wikisaurus:excessive
Verb
intemperate (third-person singular simple present intemperates, present participle intemperating, simple past and past participle intemperated)
- (obsolete, transitive) To disorder.