intemperant

See also: intempérant

English

Etymology

From Latin intemperāns, -antis. See in- (“not”) +‎ temperant.

Adjective

intemperant (comparative more intemperant, superlative most intemperant)

1. (obsolete) intemperate
   • 1956, California. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on the Treatment of Mental Illness, Partial Report - Volumes 3-6, page 86:

     I know in Monterey, from my own experience, the court places the question before the alleged intemperant person and asks them if they want to go to a hospital.

   • 1981, United States. Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest, page 72:

     In particular, supporters of nativist policies decried the tendency to permit intemperant (or any other) newcomers to vote in American elections.

   • 1991, Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche, Deficiencies and Propensities of the Human Being, page 95:

     Having positioned this deficiency within this illustration and bearing in mind that the intemperant person is an individual who cannot either control or regulate his passionate appetites, it is easily found among all people whether educated or not.

Anagrams

• pertainment

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French intempérant.

Adjective

intemperant m or n (feminine singular intemperantă, masculine plural intemperanți, feminine and neuter plural intemperante)

1. intemperate

Declension

Declension of intemperant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	intemperant		intemperantă	intemperanți	intemperante
	definite	intemperantul		intemperanta	intemperanții	intemperantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	intemperant		intemperante	intemperanți	intemperante
	definite	intemperantului		intemperantei	intemperanților	intemperantelor