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[syn: intemperate, hard, heavy]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Intemperate \In*tem`per*ate\, v. t.
To disorder. [Obs.]
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]