DISTEMPER


Meaning of DISTEMPER in English

1. n. & v.

--n.

1. a kind of paint using glue or size instead of an oil-base, for use on walls or for scene-painting.

2 a method of mural and poster painting using this.

--v.tr. paint (walls etc.) with distemper.

Etymology: earlier as verb, f. OF destremper or LL distemperare soak, macerate: see DISTEMPER(2) 2. n.1 a disease of some animals, esp. dogs, causing fever, coughing, and catarrh.

2 archaic political disorder.

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.