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Spontaneity :: Spontaneity (n.) The quality or state of being spontaneous, or acting from native feeling, proneness, or temperament, without constraint or external force..

Vein :: Vein (n.) Peculiar temper or temperament; tendency or turn of mind; a particular disposition or cast of genius; humor; strain; quality; also, manner of speech or action; as, a rich vein of humor; a satirical vein..

Attemperance :: Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament.

Disposition :: Disposition (n.) Natural or prevailing spirit, or temperament of mind, especially as shown in intercourse with one's fellow-men; temper of mind..

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.

Saturnist :: Saturnist (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament..

Attemperament :: Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion..

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) The peculiar physical and mental character of an individual, in olden times erroneously supposed to be due to individual variation in the relations and proportions of the constituent parts of the body, especially of the fluids, as the bile, blood, lymph, etc. Hence the phrases, bilious or choleric temperament, sanguine temperament, etc., implying a predominance of one of these fluids and a corresponding influence on the temperament..

Composure :: Composure (n.) Frame; make; temperament.

Sanguine :: Sanguine (a.) Characterized by abundance and active circulation of blood; as, a sanguine bodily temperament..

Bovine :: Bovine (a.) Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament..

Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.

Fervent :: Fervent (a.) Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.

Wolf :: Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament..

Intemerament :: Intemerament (n.) A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part..

Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenienc

Temperamental :: Temperamental (a.) Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.

Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion..

Apoplectical :: Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke..

Hot-livered :: Hot-livered (a.) Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.

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