distemperate

a. distemper的变形

词形变化

more distemperate 比较级 most distemperate 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Immoderate, excessive.

    废旧

    Thou hast thy brain distemperate, and out of rule.

  2. 2.

    Not temperate, of no good influence for one's confort or soundness; (figuratively) unwholesome, stormy.

    废旧
  3. 3.

    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.

    废旧

词源

First attested in 1398, in Middle English; inherited from Middle English distemperat(e), borrowed from Medieval Latin distemperātus (see -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from dis- + temperātus, perfect passive participle of temperō (“to temperate oneself, show restraint”).

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