DISTEMPERED, participle passive or adjective 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.
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