Definition of temperament

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Temperament (v. t.) The act of tempering or modifying; adjustment, as of clashing rules, interests, passions, or the like; also, the means by which such adjustment is effected..

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Mercurial :: Mercurial (a.) Having the qualities fabled to belong to the god Mercury; swift; active; sprightly; fickle; volatile; changeable; as, a mercurial youth; a mercurial temperament..
Bovine :: Bovine (a.) Having qualities characteristic of oxen or cows; sluggish and patient; dull; as, a bovine temperament..
Temperamental :: Temperamental (a.) Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
Intemerament :: Intemerament (n.) A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Idiocratical :: Idiocratical (a.) Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
Attemperance :: Attemperance (n.) Temperance; attemperament.
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..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts..
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..
Complexion :: Complexion (n.) The bodily constitution; the temperament; habitude, or natural disposition; character; nature..
Fervent :: Fervent (a.) Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament.
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..
Sympathy :: Sympathy (n.) An agreement of affections or inclinations, or a conformity of natural temperament, which causes persons to be pleased, or in accord, with one another; as, there is perfect sympathy between them..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.
Attemperament :: Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament..
Hot-livered :: Hot-livered (a.) Of an excitable or irritable temperament; irascible.
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