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Etymology

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in- +‎ temperament?

Noun

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intemperament (countable and uncountable, plural intemperaments)

  1. A bad state.
    • 1672, Gideon Harvey, Morbus Anglicus, Or, The Anatomy of Consumptions:
      depend upon the intemperament of the part Ulcerated

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intemperament”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.