mistemper en · VERB
Etymology
From mis- + temper.
Meanings
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(transitive) To temper (something) ill; to disorder.
[T]his inundation of mistempered humour […]
c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act VI, scene i]:From her miſtempered head ſhe teares her louely Treſſes faſt, / And beareth on her Iuorie breſts, and caſts her on the ground, […]
1602, William Warner, “The Second Booke. Chapter IX.”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| mistempered | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| mistempered | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| mistempers | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| mistempering | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |