Distemperature

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Distemperature \Dis*tem"per*a*ture\ (?; 135), n.
     1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold,
        or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
        [Obs.]
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     2. Disorder; confusion. --Shak.
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     3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
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              A huge infectious troop
              Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. --Shak.
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     4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
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              Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his
              distemperature.                       --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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