DISTEMPER


Meaning of DISTEMPER in English

n. 1 a disease of some animals, esp. dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh. 2 archaic political disorder.

[ earlier as verb, = upset, derange: ME f. LL distemperare (as DIS-, temperare mingle correctly) ]

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