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) ]
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) ]
Concise Oxford English dictionary. Краткий оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2012