intemperatenessn.
Now rare.
The quality of being intemperate.
1. Excessive or extreme character of air or climate; inclemency, severity; = intemperance n. 1.
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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
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde ii. vii. f. 75v Theyr countenaunces doo declare the intemperatenes of the ayer and region of Dariena.
1617 F. Moryson Itinerary iii. 77 The foresaid intemperatenesse of cold pressing great part of Germany..they use hot stoves.
1685 R. Boyle Exper. Disc. Salubr. Air 51 in Ess. Effects Motion Divers Diseases..referr'd to manifest Intemperatenesses of the air, in point of heat, cold, Moisture.
1764 T. Harmer Observ. Passages Script. xviii. viii. 351 The intemperateness of the weather however obliged them..to desist.
2. Want of moderation, excess in any action, esp. in passion or indulgence; = intemperance n. 2.
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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
1571 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Psalmes of Dauid with Comm. (lix. 6) David was..cleere from all troublesome intemperatnes.
1606 Bp. J. Hall Heauen vpon Earth vii. 64 For a Christian to excuse his intemperatenes..and to say I am borne cholericke, sullen, amorous, is an Apologie worse then the faulte.
1653 T. Manton Pract. Comm. James i. 26 The quality of men's religion may be discerned by the intemperateness of their language.
1880 G. Meredith Tragic Comedians II. xi. 178 [He] was getting to purer fires through his coarser when the final intemperateness drove him to ruin.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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