DISTEMPERATURE, noun 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; a noxious state; as the distemperature of the air of climate. 2. Violent tumultuousness; outrageousness. 3. Perturbation of mind. 4. Confusion; commixture of contrarieties; loss of regularity; disorder. 5. Slight illness; indisposition.
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