Middle English Dictionary Entry
temperā̆tūre n.
Entry Info
| Forms | temperā̆tūre n. |
| Etymology | L temperātūra |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
?Proper proportion, symmetry; ?as adj.: proportionately shaped or outlined.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Myght wisdom (Add 31042)44 : Blissede be þi browes..Noþer so myche nor to lyte, bot in mesure; Not wody thike nor naked pure of here, But in meen sett, full temperature, Silke thredys twynede, gilted, most heuenliture.