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mistempered

mistempered is the simple past and past participle of mistemper.

Meaning of mistemper

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]...

Questions about mistempered

What is mistempered the simple past and past participle of?
Mistempered is the simple past and past participle of mistemper.

Words near mistempered in the dictionary

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

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