单词 | mistempered |
释义 | mistemperedadj. Now rare. 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. 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. 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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