distempered (adj.) Old form(s): distemperd , distemper'd, distempered , distemp'red
disordered, disturbed, diseased
2H4 III.i.41[Warwick to King Henry IV, of the kingdom] It is but as a body yet distempered
RJ II.iii.29[Friar to Romeo] it argues a distempered head / So soon to bid good morrow to thy bed
Sonn.153.12[of a curative bath] thither hied a sad distempered guest
TC II.ii.170[Hector to Paris and Troilus] The reasons you allege do more conduce / To the hot passion of distempered blood
TN I.v.86[Olivia to Malvolio] you ... taste with a distempered appetite
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