单词 | intemperance |
释义 | intemperancen. Want of temperateness; the opposite of temperance. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [noun] > condition of reighnessOE distemperancec1374 distemperurea1387 sternnessa1387 intemperance?a1475 distemperature1531 intemperancy1540 roughness1545 crabbedness1546 intemperateness1555 inclemency1559 intemperature1570 untemperateness1577 foulness1581 distemperment1582 distemper1614 unkindliness1625 ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1869) II. 291 Knowenge by the planetes the intemperaunce of wedre. 1482 Monk of Evesham 97 He was sum what dyssesyd and peynyd only by the intemperans of the eyre as in coolde and in hete. a1538 T. Starkey Dial. Pole & Lupset (1989) 32 The body, yf hyt be not strong sone..by intemperance of ayr labur & travayle, ys oppressyd & overthrowne. 1676 tr. G. Guillet de Saint-Georges Acct. Voy. Athens 309 That the intemperance of that Wind might produce no rheums. 1697 J. Potter Archæologiæ Græcæ I. ii. xx. 390 When the Season through it's coldness, & intemperance forc'd the Mariners to stay at Home. 1707 tr. P. Le Lorrain de Vallemont Curiosities in Husbandry & Gardening 40 The Trunk..hinders those Juices from being lost or corrupted..by the Intemperance of the Air. 2. a. Lack of moderation or restraint; excess in any kind of action; immoderation; spec. excessive indulgence of any passion or appetite. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] unimetec888 unmethelOE overdeeda1200 unmetheshipa1250 outragec1325 ragec1330 reveriec1350 delavinessc1380 recolagea1400 dissolutionc1400 superfluityc1405 wantonness1448 intemperancy1532 intemperacy?1541 untemperance?1541 intemperance1547 excess1552 immoderateness1569 intemperateness1571 unbridledness1571 inordinateness1577 untemperateness1578 dissoluteness1580 acrasia1590 acrasy1590 intemperature1602 inordination1615 inordinancya1617 immoderation1640 extravagancy1651 debauch1672 extravagance1676 incontinency1715 extravaganza1754 incontinence1836 unmeasuredness1864 the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [noun] > sensual indulgence or gratification > excessive riotingc1390 intemperancy1532 royet1542 intemperance1547 intemperateness1571 1547 A. Borde Breuiary of Helthe i. f. lxxxvi Intemperance is a greate vice for it doth set euery thing out of order. 1553 J. Brende tr. Q. Curtius Rufus Hist. viii. f. 151v He..would haue striken Clitus that was yet raging with thintemperaunce of his toung. 1601 A. Munday & H. Chettle Death Earle of Huntington sig. I4 v Nor Church, nor Chappell, Abbey, Nunry, Are priuiledg'd from his intemperance. 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost xi. 472 Some..by violent stroke shall die,..by Intemperance more In Meats and Drinks, which on the Earth shal bring Diseases dire. View more context for this quotation 1765 H. Walpole Castle of Otranto (1798) iv. 71 Your feeling, Isabella, is warm; but..I never knew it betray you into intemperance. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. vii. 196 But the intemperance of his bigotry was thought amply to atone for the intemperance of all his other passions. 1880 L. S. Floyer Plain Hints Examiners Needlework 39 Intemperance in any thing is bad. If young girls will read for several hours consecutively..can they wonder that such intemperance brings its own punishment? 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 246 It will now be difficult to credit the intemperance of language to which he gave way. b. with plural. An instance of this, an intemperate act or an excess. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [noun] > instance(s) of outrakea1400 dissolutionc1430 immoderations1606 intemperancy1608 intemperance1613 inordinance1657 1613–18 S. Daniel Coll. Hist. Eng. (1626) 17 Hee inflicted exact punishment on all intemperances of his people. 1807 Life Fielding in Tom Jones I. p. xiii The intemperances of his early parts of life put a check by their consequences, to the progress of his success. 3. spec. Immoderate indulgence in intoxicating drink; addiction to the use of intoxicants.In early use always contextually qualified. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [noun] > addiction to alcohol or habitual drinking intemperancy1586 intemperance1617 bibacity1623 dipsomania1843 bibulousness1844 alcoholism1848 potomania1858 inebriacy1876 alcohol problem1879 drink-habit1890 alcohol abuse1891 toperism1896 oenomania1897 drinking-habit1899 bibulosity1901 drinking problem1957 substance abuse1967 1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 156 My protection from large drinking,..and so for that time avoided any great intemperance. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 20 Drank Punch..and by their Intemperance, inflam'd their Blood. 1793 Friendly Addr. to Poor 8 Of such men intemperance in drinking is the general fault. 1794 S. Williams Nat. & Civil Hist. Vermont 158 The difficulty of procuring a large quantity of this liquor, prevented any general intemperance. 1841 Temperance Lancet 18 Sept. To awaken the deadened sensibility of the Christian world to the crying evils of intemperance. 1881 Med. Temp. Jrnl. 46 114 It appears then, that intemperance is far more common on the male than the female side. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.?a1475 |
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