distemper

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪsˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɛmpə(r)

Noun

Wikipedia distemper (plural distempers)

1. (pathology) A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
2. (archaic) A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
   • 1719- Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe

     ...my spirits began to sink under the burden of a strong distemper, and nature was exhausted with the violence of the fever...

3. A water-based paint.
4. A painting produced with this kind of paint.

Translations

disease

• Italian: cimurro (it) m

paint

• Bulgarian: темперна боя (bg) (temperna boja) f

• Italian: tempera (it) f

Verb

distemper (third-person singular simple present distempers, present participle distempering, simple past and past participle distempered)

1. to disturb and disorder, hence to make sick
2. to paint using distemper