mistemper

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English

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Etymology

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From mis- +‎ temper.

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To temper (something) ill; to disorder.
    • 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] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act VI, scene i]:
      [T]his inundation of mistempered humour []
      An adjective use.
    • 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: [] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, [], →OCLC, page 37:
      From her miſtempered head ſhe teares her louely Treſſes faſt, / And beareth on her Iuorie breſts, and caſts her on the ground, []
      An adjective use.

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