c1612 W. Strachey (1953) i. v. 70 A kynd of Arsenick-stone like..redd tempered oyntementes of earth.
1861 Dec. 725/1 A red-bearded, red-headed, red-faced, red-tempered, hateful-eyed officer, who frightened the servants out of their remaining senses.
1929 F. Hackett ii. 87 Red-tempered as he easily became,..his mouth showed his capacity for cautious repression.
2007 (Nexis) 12 May 38 Stalin was guarded during his exile by a red-bearded, red-tempered policeman named Ivan Laletin.