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单词 intemperate
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intemperateadj.

/ɪnˈtɛmpərət/
Etymology: < Latin intemperātus untempered, inclement, immoderate, < in- (in- prefix4) + temperātus , past participle of temperāre to temper v. Primarily, as derived from a passive participle, applied to things, actions, etc.; thence transferred to persons = intemperant.
1. Not temperate, excessive, extreme; esp., of climate or weather, inclement, severe. Now rare. intemperate zone, the Torrid or Frigid zone, as opposed to the Temperate zone.
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > [adjective]
starkOE
unkindc1330
foulc1390
distemperate1398
distempered1490
untemperate1525
intemperate1526
naughty1541
intempered1556
unkindly1579
sour1582
unclement1598
filthy1600
nasty1634
dirty1660
inclement1667
inclemental1709
wretched1711
foul-weather1750
ungenial1816
wersh1830
shabby1853
1526 W. Bonde Pylgrimage of Perfection iii. sig. KK I wyll..nat departe, for all this intemperate heate.
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iii. 91 The Two intemp'rate Zones.
1690 W. Leybourn Cursus mathematicus f. 463 The Zones are either Temperate or Intemperate, and the Intemperate are either Cold or Hot.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches II. 139 A cold intemperate mind.
2. Of persons, their actions, or habits: Without temperance or moderation; going beyond due bounds; immoderate, unbridled; violent.
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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
the world > action or operation > prosperity > advancement or progress > outdoing or surpassing > [adjective] > going too far > going or gone beyond bounds
hoflesc1175
superfluea1425
insolent?a1500
intemperate1508
overgone1581
excurrent1605
exorbitant1621
1508 W. Kennedy Flyting (Chepman & Myllar) in Poems W. Dunbar (1998) I. 217 Traitour, tyran intemperate.
1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. xii. sig. Z7v Such, as hauing all their substance spent In wanton ioyes, and lustes intemperate.
1688 in Colonial Rec. Pennsylvania (1852) I. 271 Many intemperate Speeches and passages happend.
1777 R. Watson Hist. Reign Philip II I. x. 290 The most unhappy consequences, which would otherwise have arisen from the intemperate zeal of the reformers.
1799 Hook in Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) I. 40 General Baird requested permission to withdraw his intemperate appeal.
1875 A. Helps On Choice of Agents in Ess. 76 You will often find that men who are intemperate in speech are cautious in writing.
3.
a. Characterized by or addicted to excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure
intemperatec1430
untemperate1557
c1430 J. Lydgate Minor Poems (Percy Soc.) 258 Unfructuous talkyng, intemperat diete.
c1522 T. More Treat. Memorare Nouissima in Wks. (1557) I. 100 Through intemperate liuing driue our self in sicknes.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) v. i. 98 His concupiscible intemperate lust. View more context for this quotation
1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 239 Several Diseases raged among them, springing chiefly from intemperate Drinking.
1846 J. Ruskin Mod. Painters II. 12 Men are held intemperate.., only when their desires overcome or prevent the action of their reason, and they are indeed intemperate in the exact degree in which such prevention or interference takes place.
b. spec. Given to the immoderate use of intoxicating drink; addicted to drinking.
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the world > food and drink > drink > thirst > excess in drinking > [adjective] > alcoholic or addicted to drinking
drunkensomea1300
drunkelew1362
drunksomec1475
drunken1548
boozing1569
boozy1592
bousy1592
moisty1593
unsober1611
upsy-friesy1617
moist1619
sottish1632
swilling1633
bibacious1663
intemperate1680
swill-bellied1680
swill-down1693
wet1699
potative1737
compotatory1817
alcoholic1845
drinking1856
bibulous1861
on the drink1865
1680 W. Temple Ess. Cure of Gout in Miscellanea 233 I do not allow the pretence of Temperance to all such as are seldom or never drunk..men may..be intemperate every day, without being drunk perhaps once in their lives.
1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 294/2 Intemperate persons..care not which End goes first so they can get Drink.
1793 J. Beattie Elem. Moral Sci. II. iii. iii. 111 Men habitually intemperate justly forfeit the esteem of their fellow-citizens; because they disqualify themselves for every duty.
1846 G. E. Day tr. J. F. Simon Animal Chem. II. 254 A man..of a muscular frame and good constitution, but of intemperate habits.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

intemperatev.

Forms: Past participle in 1600s intemperate.
Etymology: < intemperate adj.: see -ate suffix3.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To render intemperate; to disorder, distemper.
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society > morality > moral evil > moral or spiritual degeneration > degrading or impairing morally > degrade or impair morally [verb (transitive)] > pervert from natural or moral order
disorder1576
inordinate1646
intemperate1654
deordinate1688
1654 T. Whitaker Blood of Grape 92 The fifth age is virill, and the media between young and old age; yet doth it not so participate of either, as to affect, or intemperate it [1638 p. 44 as that it is intemperate, or infected thereby].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
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