Definition of distemper

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Distemper (v. t.) An undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts..

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Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Immoderate.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder; confusion.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant..
Paracmastic :: Paracmastic (a.) Gradually decreasing; past the acme, or crisis, as a distemper..
Distempering :: Distempering (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Distempe.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To intoxicate.
Tempera :: Tempera (n.) A mode or process of painting; distemper.
Rot :: Rot (n.) A fatal distemper which attacks sheep and sometimes other animals. It is due to the presence of a parasitic worm in the liver or gall bladder. See 1st Fluke, 2..
Atrocious :: Atrocious (a.) Very grievous or violent; terrible; as, atrocious distempers..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) Political disorder; tumult.
Distemperature :: Distemperature (n.) Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms..
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease..
Destemper :: Destemper (n.) A kind of painting. See Distemper.
Distemperate :: Distemperate (a.) Diseased; disordered.
Distemper :: Distemper (v. t.) A morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle..
Distemperment :: Distemperment (n.) Distempered state; distemperature.
Garget :: Garget (n.) A distemper in hogs, indicated by staggering and loss of appetite..
Gargol :: Gargol (n.) A distemper in swine; garget.
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