English Dictionary

distemper

/dɪsˈtɛmpə(ɹ)/

verb

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of. / To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

She distempers her emotions with alcohol.

意味（1）

To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.

This ſynne hath manie ſpeces: […] The fourth is, whan through the greate abundaunce of hys meete, the humours in hys body ben diſtempred.

This ſynne hath manie ſpeces: […] The fourth is, whan through the greate abundaunce of hys meete, the humours in hys body ben diſtempred. This sin [gluttony] has many species: […] The fourth is, when through the great abundance of his meat, the humours in his body be distempered.

意味（2）

To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.

Guildenstern. The King, sir—

Hamlet. Ay, sir, what of him?

Guildenstern. Is in his retirement, marvellous distemper’d.

Hamlet. With drink, sir?

Guildenstern. The King, sir— Hamlet. Ay, sir, what of him? Guildenstern. Is in his retirement, marvellous distemper’d. Hamlet. With drink, sir? Guildenstern. No, my lord; rather with choler.

意味（3）

To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.

I have been long accustomed to defend you,

I have been long accustomed to defend you, To heal and pacify distempered spirits.

意味（4）

To intoxicate.

And the Duke himselfe, (I dare not say distemperd,

But kind, and in his tottering chaire carousing)

And the Duke himselfe, (I dare not say distemperd, But kind, and in his tottering chaire carousing) They doe the countrie service.

意味（5）

To paint using distemper.

He looked round the poor room, at the distempered walls, and the bad engravings in meretricious frames, the crinkly paper and wax flowers on the chiffonier; and he thought of a room like Father Bryan's, with panelling, with cut glass, with tulips in silver pots, such a room as he had hoped to have for his own.

意味（6）

To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.

to distemper colors with size