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