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mistemper

mistemper verb: to temper (something) ill; to disorder.

Verb

mistemper (third-person singular simple present mistempers, present participle mistempering, simple past and past participle mistempered)

  1. (transitive) To temper (something) ill; to disorder.
    • [T]his inundation of mistempered humour […]c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
    • From her miſtempered head ſhe teares her louely Treſſes faſt, / And beareth on her Iuorie breſts, and caſts her on the ground, […]1602, William Warner, “The Second Booke. Chapter IX.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London...

Forms of mistemper

third-person singular presentmistempers
present participlemistempering
past participlemistempered
pastmistempered

Origin of mistemper

From mis- + temper.

Questions about mistemper

What does mistemper mean?
Mistemper means to temper (something) ill; to disorder.
What part of speech is mistemper?
Mistemper is a verb.
What is the past tense of mistemper?
The past tense of mistemper is mistempered.

Words near mistemper in the dictionary

  1. mistelle
  2. mistelles
  3. mistelling
  4. mistellings
  5. mistells
  6. mistemper
  7. mistempered
  8. mistempering
  9. mistempers
  10. mistend
  11. misteous

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