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单词 mistempered
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mistemperedadj.

Brit. /mɪsˈtɛmpəd/, U.S. /ˌmɪsˈtɛmpərd/, Scottish English /mɪsˈtɛmpərd/
Forms: see mis- prefix1 and tempered adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: mis- prefix1, temper v., -ed suffix1, mistemper v.
Etymology: < mis- prefix1 + temper v. + -ed suffix1. In sense 2 directly < mistemper v. + -ed suffix1. Compare distempered adj.1
Now rare.
1. Badly or unsuitably mixed. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > [adjective] > badly or unsuitably
mistempered1506
1506 tr. Kalender of Shepherdes sig. Liii Whan they [sc. the humours] ben vnegall & mysse tempred [1503 dystemperyt] that one domyne ouer an other.
1594 T. Nashe Terrors of Night in Wks. (1883–4) III. 269 Our brains are like the firmament..and exhale..the like grose mistempred vapors and meteors.
1633 Bp. J. Hall Plaine Explic. Hard Texts i. 498 Those substitutions..shall be of a mis-tempered mixture, some of them strong..others weake.
2. Disordered, deranged. In later use Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > [adjective] > in state of ill health or diseased > disordered or out of sorts
out of estatec1400
disordainedc1430
out of order1530
mistempered?1541
untemperate1541
so-soa1592
indisposed1598
discomposed1603
out of sorts1621
disorderly1655
queerish1684
out of one's gears1699
disordered1708
uneasy1725
seedy1729
queer1749
scaly1803
quisby1807
under the weather1827
all nohow1852
toneless1854
nohowish1867
chippy1868
fishy1868
off-colour1876
dicky1883
on-and-offish1888
cheap1891
crook1916
lousy1933
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > [adjective] > put out of order
misordered1538
mistempered?1541
disordered?a1560
disturbed1593
disarrayed1600
disranked1606
disadjusted1611
distempereda1616
unhinged1719
disarranged1761
deranged1796
perturbed1799
ree-raw1800
perturbate1823
?1541 R. Copland tr. Galen Terapeutyke sig. Aiv The mystempered flesshe [Fr. l'intemperie] ought to be deuysed in two dyfferences. The fyrste is whan the subiect flesshe is out of nature in an onely qualyte.
1577 R. Holinshed Hist. Scotl. 148/1 in Chron. I He..vsed to sit at supper..till he were so mistempered, that being layde to sleepe he would streyght vomite out such heauy gorges as [etc.].
a1616 W. Shakespeare King John (1623) v. i. 12 This inundation of mistempred humor. View more context for this quotation
1872 J. S. Blackie Lays of Highlands 33 Gentleness, and tenderness, and truth And Gospel charms to tame mistempered souls.
3. Untoward, ill-starred. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [adjective] > calamitous or disastrous
unholda1350
blacka1387
unhappyc1386
mischievousc1390
mischieffula1400
tragicalc1525
tragic1533
calamitous1545
mistempered1570
disadventurous1590
ominous1594
dismal1599
disastrous1601
ill-starredc1704
disventurousa1739
catastrophal1842
1570 (c1478) Hary Actis & Deidis Schir William Wallace (Lekprevik) viii. l. 1212 The oist him blissit and prayit God..Him to connoy fra all mistemperit [1488 MS mystymyt] cace.
4. Of a weapon: made or tempered for an evil purpose. Obsolete. rare.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > military equipment > weapon > [adjective] > quality of, generally
starkOE
stiffc1250
sterna1400
vengeablec1400
unwieldya1547
vengefula1586
mistempered1597
maiden1598
lathen1843
humane1970
1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. i. 84 From those bloody handes Throw your mistempered weapons to the ground. View more context for this quotation
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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