mistemper

English

Etymology

mis- +‎ temper

Verb

mistemper (third-person singular simple present mistempers, present participle mistempering, simple past and past participle mistempered)

  1. To temper ill; to disorder.
    • 1586–1602, William Warner, “(please specify the page)”, in Albions England. A Continued Historie of the Same Kingdome, from the Originals of the First Inhabitants thereof: […], 5th edition, London: […] Edm[und] Bollifant for George Potter, […], →OCLC:
      From her mistempered head she teares her louely / Tresses fast
    • c. 1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life and Death of King Iohn”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act VI, scene i]:
      this inundation of mistempered humour

References

“mistemper”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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