Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The state of being intemperate; want of moderation; excessive indulgence: as, the intemperateness of appetite or passion.
- noun Disturbance of atmospheric conditions; excess of heat or cold.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion.
- noun Severity of weather; inclemency.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The quality of being
intemperate .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun consumption of alcoholic drinks
- noun excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence
Etymologies
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Examples
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With such prudence of the humors, with God's help, you will keep far away the intemperateness which is the cause of early aging and an early death.
Architecture and Memory: The Renaissance Studioli of Federico da Montefeltro 2008
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Ms. Gornick reflects on the "raging intemperateness" of the era's feminist rhetoric—"marriage is an institution of oppression"; "love is rape"; "sleeping with the enemy"—and realizes now that reform wasn't the goal.
Lyrical Leftist, Dogged Idealist Fred Siegel 2011
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However indignant and hotheaded he might appear, his intemperateness could rapidly be defused by humor or kindness.
Storyteller Donald Sturrock 2010
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Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness.
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"Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness."
Gallup: Obama Leads Hillary By Ten Points, Narrowly Edging McCain 2009
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Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness.
Wednesday, April 09, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 As'ad 2008
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Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness.
Archive 2008-04-01 Lindsay Stewart 2008
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Perhaps we should all be thankful for Scalia's intemperateness, which has had the salutary effect of marginalizing him on the Court.
Adam Winkler: Justice Scalia & the Coarsening of American Culture 2008
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Three reporters from Arizona, on the condition of anonymity, also let me in on another incident involving McCain's intemperateness.
Adam McKay: Vetting the Candidates: An American Tradition 2008
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