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intemperate
(encz) | intemperate,nestřídmý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
Intemperate
(gcide) | Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, v. t.
To disorder. [Obs.]
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Intemperate
(gcide) | Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, a. [L. intemperatus. See In-
not, and Temperate.]
1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate in
enjoyment or exertion.
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2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of
alcoholic liquors.
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3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate;
as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather.
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Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst.
--Milton.
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Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. --Ecclus.
xxiii. 13.
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intemperate
(wn) | intemperate
adj 1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes;
"an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant:
temperate]
2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: temperate]
3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially
for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn:
intemperate, hard, heavy] |
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intemperate
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intemperately
(encz) | intemperately, |
intemperateness
(encz) | intemperateness, n: |
Intemperately
(gcide) | Intemperately \In*tem`per*ate*ly\, adv.
In an intemperate manner; immoderately; excessively; without
restraint.
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The people . . . who behaved very unwisely and
intemperately on that occasion. --Burke.
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Intemperateness
(gcide) | Intemperateness \In*tem`per*ate*ness\, n.
1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of
any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or
drinking.
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2. Severity of weather; inclemency. --Boyle.
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By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the
air or meteors. --Sir M. Hale.
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intemperate
(wn) | intemperate
adj 1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes;
"an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant:
temperate]
2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: temperate]
3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially
for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn:
intemperate, hard, heavy] |
intemperately
(wn) | intemperately
adv 1: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" [syn:
heavily, intemperately, hard] [ant: lightly] |
intemperateness
(wn) | intemperateness
n 1: consumption of alcoholic drinks [syn: intemperance,
intemperateness]
2: excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily
appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the
intemperance of their language" [syn: intemperance,
intemperateness, self-indulgence] |
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