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mistempering

mistempering is the present participle and gerund 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 mistempering

What is mistempering the present participle and gerund of?
Mistempering is the present participle and gerund of mistemper.

Words near mistempering in the dictionary

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

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