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Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.

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  1. n. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
  2. n. Disorder; confusion.
  3. n. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
  4. n. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
  5. 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. [Obs.] 2. Disorder; confusion. Shak. 3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. Shak. 4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature. Sir W. Scott.
  6. n. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. n. Disorder; confusion. n. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. n. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.