from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Distemperature \Dis*tem"per*a*ture\ (?; 135), n.
1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold,
or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
[Obs.]
[1913 Webster]
2. Disorder; confusion. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
[1913 Webster]
A huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
[1913 Webster]
Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his
distemperature. --Sir W.
Scott.
[1913 Webster]