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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (3)

1. relating to or caused by temperament;
- Example: "temperamental indifference to neatness"
- Example: "temperamental peculiarities"

2. subject to sharply varying moods;
- Example: "a temperamental opera singer"
[syn: moody, temperamental]

3. likely to perform unpredictably;
- Example: "erratic winds are the bane of a sailor"
- Example: "a temperamental motor sometimes it would start and sometimes it wouldn't";
- Example: "that beautiful but temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster
[syn: erratic, temperamental]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Temperamental \Tem`per*a*men"tal\, a.
   Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional. [R.] --Sir
   T. Browne.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

temperamental
    adj 1: relating to or caused by temperament; "temperamental
           indifference to neatness"; "temperamental peculiarities"
    2: subject to sharply varying moods; "a temperamental opera
       singer" [syn: moody, temperamental]
    3: likely to perform unpredictably; "erratic winds are the bane
       of a sailor"; "a temperamental motor; sometimes it would
       start and sometimes it wouldn't"; "that beautiful but
       temperamental instrument the flute"- Osbert Lancaster [syn:
       erratic, temperamental]