† intemperantadj.n.
Obsolete. rare.
A. adj.
Wanting moderation or self-restraint; incontinent, intemperate.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adjective]
outragea1325
unskilwisea1340
unskilfulc1370
delavyc1380
unordinatea1398
excess?a1400
untemperatea1425
unmannered1435
immoderate1497
insolent?a1500
surfeitc1500
intemperate1508
exceedinga1513
unsober1535
intemperant1542
distemperate1557
distempered1587
intemperous1614
acrasial1845
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes (1877) 15 Soche as be intemperaunt, that is: foloers of their naughtie appetites and lustes.
1598 I. D. tr. L. Le Roy Aristotles Politiques 377 They which begin so yong to haue the company and vse of men are more intemperant.
B. n.
One who is intemperate, esp. in the use of alcoholic liquors.
ΚΠ
1882 in C. Annandale Imperial Dict. (Suppl.), citing Dr. B. W. Richardson.
Derivatives
inˈtemperantly adv. in an intemperate manner.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adverb]
unordinatelyc1384
untemperately1398
unmeasurablyc1400
unmannerly?a1425
unmeasurablec1443
inordinatelyc1450
riotously?c1450
immoderately1482
surfeitlyc1503
unsoberlyc1540
dissolutely1561
intemperantly1561
unbridledly1561
hard1569
intemperately1576
ahoit1598
high1602
extravagantly1660
overboard1931
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 58 He that behaueth himselfe intemperantly..geueth euil example to his brethren.
1596 J. Dalrymple tr. J. Leslie Hist. Scotl. (1888) I. 111 To truble hail the Republik, gif the king leiuet intemperantlie, and by the boundes of his office.
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