Definitions for intemperate
ɪnˈtɛm pər ɪt, -prɪtin·tem·per·ate

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 1 vote

1. intemperateadjective

   (of weather or climate) not mild; subject to extremes

   "an intemperate climate"; "intemperate zones"

2. intemperateadjective

   excessive in behavior

   "intemperate rage"

3. intemperate, hard, heavyadjective

   given to excessive indulgence of bodily appetites especially for intoxicating liquors

   "a hard drinker"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.5 / 2 votes

1. intemperateverb

   To disorder.

2. intemperateadjective

   Lacking moderation, temper or control

   Bad week for: Jeremy Clarkson, who has become a hate figure in Malaysia after launching an intemperate attack on a Malaysian built car - The Week, 14 April 2007, 609, 4.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. INTEMPERATEadjective

   Etymology: intemperant, Fr. intemperatus, Latin.

   1. Immoderate in appetite; excessive in meat or drink; drunken; gluttonous.

   More women should die than men, if the number of burials answered in proportion to that of sicknesses; but men, being more intemperate than women, die as much by reason of their vices, as women do by the infirmity of their sex. John Graunt.

   Notwithstanding all their talk of reason and philosophy, and those unanswerable doubts, which, over their cups or their coffee, they pretend to have against Christianity; persuade but the covetous man not to deify his money, the intemperate man to abandon his revels, and I dare undertake that all their giantlike objections shall vanish. South.

   2. Passionate; ungovernable; without rule.

   You are more intemperate in your blood
   Than those pamper'd animals,
   That rage in savage sensuality. William Shakespeare.

   Use not thy mouth to intemperate swearing; for therein is the word of sin. Ecclus. xxiii. 13.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. intemperate

   Intemperate refers to a lack of moderation or restraint, often involving extreme or excessive behaviour. It is typically used to describe someone who has excessive consumption of alcohol or shows violent, unrestrained behavior or language.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

1. Intemperateadjective

   indulging any appetite or passion to excess; immoderate to enjoyments or exertion

2. Intemperateadjective

   specifically, addicted to an excessive or habitual use of alcoholic liquors

3. Intemperateadjective

   excessive; ungovernable; inordinate; violent; immoderate; as, intemperate language, zeal, etc.; intemperate weather

4. Intemperateverb

   to disorder

5. Etymology: [L. intemperatus. See In- not, and Temperate.]

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1. impenetrate

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of intemperate in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of intemperate in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=intemperate
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Intemperate
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=intemperate
4. ^ ChatGPT
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5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/intemperate