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Distemperature   Listen
noun
Distemperature  n.  
1.
Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. (Obs.)
2.
Disorder; confusion.
3.
Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper. "A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and foes to life."
4.
Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness. "Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature."





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... Dogs! Oh, God strengthen my heart and hand, that something shall be done to ease us of these mischiefs, and deliver us from these cruell Mahumetan Dogs." The other Slaves pittying his distraction (as they thought) bad him speake softly, lest they should all fare the worse for his distemperature. "The worse (quoth Rawlins) what can be worse? I will either attempt my deliverance at one time, or another, or perish in the enterprise: but if you would be contented to hearken after a release, and joyne with ...
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