Intemperateness

Intemperateness
Intemperateness In*tem`per*ate*ness, n. 1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking. [1913 Webster]

2. Severity of weather; inclemency. --Boyle. [1913 Webster]

By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors. --Sir M. Hale. [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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