Distemperature

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DISTEMPERATURE, n.
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.

distemperature appears in definitions for these words:
Distemperance Distemperature Dyscrasy Fit Indispose

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