out of temper en · ADP
Meanings
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Not in good temper; irritated; angry.
She consented to be the son's wife, cautioning her husband to use her well. Some time after their marriage, however, being out of temper, he struck her, when she screamed, and rushed away into the water.
1918, James George Frazer, Folk-Lore In The Old Testament, volume 1, page 34: