intemperate

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Definition of intemperate

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. Lacking moderation, temper or control.
    “intemperate language”
    “intemperate zeal”
    “Constantine engaged himself, by a solemn promise, to deliver Italy from the Goths; advanced as far as the banks of the Po; and after alarming, rather than assisting, his pusillanimous ally, hastily returned to the palace of Arles, to celebrate, with intemperate luxury, his vain and ostentatious triumph.”
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adj

  1. Lacking moderation, temper or control.
    “intemperate language”
    “intemperate zeal”
    “Constantine engaged himself, by a solemn promise, to deliver Italy from the Goths; advanced as far as the banks of the Po; and after alarming, rather than assisting, his pusillanimous ally, hastily returned to the palace of Arles, to celebrate, with intemperate luxury, his vain and ostentatious triumph.”
  2. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess, especially the drinking of alcohol.

verb

  1. (obsolete, transitive)To put into disorder.

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Etymology

From in- + temperate.

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