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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

INTEM'PERATE, a. [L. intemperatus; in and temperatus, from tempero, to moderate or restrain.]
1. Not moderate or restrained within due limits; indulging to excess any appetite or passion, either habitually or in a particular instance; immoderate in enjoyment or exertion. A man may be intemperate in passion, intemperate in labor, intemperate in study or zeal. Hence by customary application, intemperate denotes indulging to excess in the use of food or drink, but particularly in the use of spirituous liquors. Hence,
2. Addicted to an excessive or habitual use of spirituous liquors.
3. Passionate; ungovernable.
4. Excessive; exceeding the convenient mean or degree; as an intemperate climate. The weather may be rendered intemperate by violent winds, rain or snow, or by excessive cold or heat.
INTEM'PERATE, v.t. To disorder. [Not in use.]

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes; "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones" [ant: temperate]
2: excessive in behavior; "intemperate rage" [ant: temperate]
3: given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors; "a hard drinker" [syn: intemperate, hard, heavy]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Middle English intemperat, from Latin intemperatus, from in- + temperatus, past participle of temperare to temper Date: 14th century not temperate <intemperate criticism>; especially given to excessive use of intoxicating liquors • intemperately adverb • intemperateness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

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)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intemperate In*tem`per*ate, v. t. To disorder. [Obs.]

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Intemperate In*tem`per*ate, a. [L. intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate.] 1. Indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion. 2. Specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors. 3. Excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather. Most do taste through fond intemperate thirst. --Milton. Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing. --Ecclus. xxiii. 13.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you describe someone's words as intemperate, you are critical of them because they are too forceful and uncontrolled. (FORMAL) The tone of the article is intemperate. = extreme ADJ [disapproval]

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. 1. [Said of things.] Excessive, inordinate, immoderate, uncontrolled, extravagant, extreme. 2. [Said of persons.] Wanting in moderation, inconsiderate, extreme, extravagant. 3. Given to excess in drinking intoxicating liquors.

Moby Thesaurus

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