† untemperateadj.
Obsolete.
1.
a. Of weather, etc.: = intemperate adj. 1.
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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
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. cxxiv. 353 In Castyle there is no thynge but harde rockes and Mountaynes,..and an vntemperate ayre.
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry VI f. cxxxvij Of these vntemperate stormes, rose suche a scacety, that wheat was sold at .iii.s.iiii.d.the busshell.
1614 Archdeaconry of Essex (MS.) Minutes f. 101 [The weather] was wett and vntemperate.
b. Distempered, disordered. rare.
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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
1541 T. Elyot Castel of Helthe (new ed.) 17 b [To] the bodyes untemperate, suche meates or drynkes are to be gyven, which be in power contrary to the distemperance.
2. = intemperate adj. 2.
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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
society > authority > lack of subjection > freedom or liberty > freedom of action or from restraint > [adjective] > completely unchecked
unbridledc1374
untempered1377
bridleless?1406
unrepressed?a1425
untemperatea1425
savagea1450
unchecked1469
undaunted1513
uncontrolleda1535
reinless1566
unrestrained1578
ineffrenate1581
unbitteda1586
check-free1598
uncurbed1600
checkless1604
unbounded1608
uncontained?1611
dis'chained1615
ungoverneda1616
unstanched1621
unsneaped1647
incontrolled1650
controlless1657
irregulated1664
curbless1813
do-as-you-please1845
disenchaineda1849
a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) Ecclus. xxxi. 23 Colre..and gnawyng to an vndiscreet either vntemperat [C.C. Coll. Camb. MS. vntemperaunt] man.
1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. i. xiii. f. 43v [They] that do delite in an vntemperate desyre of speculacion.
1589 T. Cooper Admon. People of Eng. 2 A lamentable state of time it is, wherin such vntemperat boldenes is permitted.
1607 G. Markham Cavelarice ii. 101 If the Ryder haue an vntemperate hand, which euer pulleth..vpon the horses mouth.
a1633 Visct. Falkland Hist. Edward II (1680) 16 The King, by his untemperate and undiscreet actions, had lost the hearts of his People.
3. = intemperate adj. 3.
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the world > physical sensation > physical sensibility > sensuous pleasure > sensuality > [adjective] > excessive indulgence in sensual pleasure
intemperatec1430
untemperate1557
1557 W. Baldwin & T. Palfreyman Treat. Morall Philos. (new ed.) (new ed. f. 162 v Youthe vntemperate and ful of carnall affeccions, quickelye tourneth the bodye into age.
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Brit. Libr. copy) sig. I2 Vntemperate venerie, and that hateful sinne of selfe-loue.
1613 A. Sherley Relation Trav. Persia 55 Hee that can restraine him~selfe from being transported by vntemperate appetites.
1625 J. Shirley Love Tricks ii. ii I would not leaue Rufaldo for a world Of rash, vntemperate youth.
Derivatives
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the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > [adverb]
unordinatelyc1384
untemperately1398
unmeasurablyc1400
unmannerly?a1425
unmeasurablec1443
inordinatelyc1450
riotously?c1450
immoderately1482
surfeitlyc1503
unsoberlyc1540
dissolutely1561
intemperantly1561
unbridledly1561
hard1569
intemperately1576
ahoit1598
high1602
extravagantly1660
overboard1931
1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Bodl.) xvii. clxxxviii Wyne drinkinge vntemperatlych is to man kinde..venym.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. John ii. f. 14v When their geastes..haue their mouthes out of taste, & powre in drinke vntemperately.
1560 J. Daus tr. J. Sleidane Commentaries f. ccxxxvijv They hearde also howe vntemperately the Freers that were collocutours handled the matter.
1602 W. Segar Honor Mil. & Civill iv. i. 209 He that immoderately and vntemperately pampereth his own body.
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