Middle English Dictionary Entry
distemprẹ̄ adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | distemprẹ̄ adj. |
| Etymology | OF destempré, ppl. of destemprer. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
(a) Of a person: enraged; (b) of the weather: inclement or unhealthy.
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425(c1380) Chaucer Bo.(Benson-Robinson)4.pr.3.125 : Yif he be distempre, and quakith for ire, men schal wene that he bereth the corage of a lyoun.
b
- (1451) Capgr.St.Gilb.(Add 36704)109/4 : Þei went in þe hoot somer in ful gret distemper wedir, in whech mech folk deyid of pestilens caused be þat same hete.
- a1500(?a1400) SLChrist (Hrl 3909)4218 : Abraham..segh this, that elamentes so distempre..to esy cource schuld turnet be.