adj.1 (of a person, conduct, or speech) immoderate; unbridled; violent (used intemperate language).
2 a given to excessive indulgence in alcohol. b excessively indulgent in one's appetites.
Derivatives:
intemperance n. intemperately adv. intemperateness n.
Etymology: ME f. L intemperatus (as IN-(1), TEMPERATE)