DISTEMPERED, pp. or a. 1. Diseased in body, or disordered in mind. We speak of a distempered body, a distempered limb, a distempered head or brain.2. Disturbed; ruffled; as distempered passions.3. Deprived of temper or moderation; immoderate; as distempered zeal.4. Disordered; biased; prejudiced; perverted; as minds distempered by interest or passion.The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties.5. Disaffected; made malevolent.Distempered lords.
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