Meaning of distemperate | Babel Free
Definitions
- Immoderate, excessive.
- Not temperate, of no good influence for one's confort or soundness; (figuratively) unwholesome, stormy.
- Not properly tempered; disordered through excess or deficiency of some constituent; (by extensions, of bodily or mental condition) disordered, out of order; diseased, out of health; ill-conditioned.
Examples
“Thou hast thy brain distemperate, and out of rule.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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