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conˈtemperature Now Obs. or rare.
[ad. L. type *contemperātūr-a f. contemperāre (see above); cf. temperature.]
A blending or mingling together in proportion or harmony; the temperament or quality so produced; harmonious mixture.
1567J. Maplet Gr. Forest 27 Their smell, which to the learned teacheth their contemperature. 1615J. Stephens Ess. & Char., Worthy Poet, By a sweet contemperature of Tune and Ditty, hee entices others to goodnesse. a1656Bp. Hall Revelat. Unrev. §9 What an unimaginable commixture of subjects! what a contemperature of heaven and earth! a1716South Serm. (1737) IX. ix. 270 Whether colour be a quality emergent from the different contemperature of the elements. 1888S. Gilbert in Advance (Chicago) 2 Feb. 65 Peculiarly fortunate in possessing the happiest combination and contemperature of qualities. |