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distemperature definition

dis·tem·pera·ture (dis tem′pər ə c̸hər)

noun

Archaic a disordered condition of the body or mind

Etymology: < distemper, after temperature

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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