Definitions for distemper
dɪsˈtɛm pərdis·tem·per

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distempernoun

   any of various infectious viral diseases of animals

2. ill humor, ill humour, distempernoun

   an angry and disagreeable mood

3. distempernoun

   paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

4. distempernoun

   a painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder

5. distemperverb

   a method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery

6. distemperverb

   paint with distemper

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distempernoun

   A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.

2. distempernoun

   A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.

3. distempernoun

   A water-based paint.

4. distempernoun

   A painting produced with this kind of paint.

5. distemperverb

   to disturb and disorder, hence to make sick

6. distemperverb

   to paint using distemper

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

1. Distempernoun

   Etymology: dis and temper.

   1. A disproportionate mixture of parts; want of a due temper of ingredients.2. A disease; a malady; the peccant predominance of some humour; properly a slight illness; indisposition.

   They heighten distempers to diseases. John Suckling.

   It argues sickness and distemper in the mind, as well as in the body, when a man is continually turning and tossing. South.

   3. Want of due temperature.

   It was a reasonable conjecture, that those countries which were situated directly under the tropick, were of a distemper uninhabitable. Walter Raleigh, History of the World.

   4. Bad constitution of the mind; predominance of any passion or appetite.

   If little faults, proceeding on distemper,
   Shall not be wink’d at, how shall we stretch our eye
   At capital crimes? William Shakespeare, Henry V.

   5. Want of due ballance between contraries.

   The true temper of empire is a thing rare, and hard to keep; for both temper and distemper consist of contraries. Francis Bacon.

   6. Ill humour of mind; depravity of inclination.

   I was not forgetful of those sparks, which some mens distempers formerly studied to kindle in parliament. Charles I .

   7. Tumultuous disorder.

   Still as you rise, the state exalted too,
   Finds no distemper while ’tis chang’d by you. Edmund Waller.

   8. Disorder; uneasiness.

   There is a sickness,
   Which puts some of us in distemper; but
   I cannot name the disease, and it is caught
   Of you that yet are well. William Shakespeare, Winter’s Tale.

2. To Distemperverb

   Etymology: dis and temper.

   1. To disease.

   Young son, it argues a distemper’d head,
   So soon to bid good-morrow to thy bed. William Shakespeare, Ro. and Jul.

   2. To disorder.

   In madness,
   Being full of supper and distemp’ring draughts,
   Upon malicious bravery, do’st thou come
   To start my guilt. William Shakespeare, Othello.

   He distempered himself one night with long and hard study. Robert Boyle, History of Fluids.

   3. To disturb; to fill with perturbation; to ruffle.

   Thou see’st me much distemper’d in my mind;
   Pull’d back, and then push’d forward to be kind. Dryden.

   4. To destroy temper or moderation.

   Distemper’d zeal, sedition, canker’d hate,
   No more shall vex the church and tear the state. Dryden.

   They will have admirers among posterity, and be equally celebrated by those whose minds will not be distempered by interest, passion, or partiality. Joseph Addison, Freeholder.

   5. To make disaffected, or malignant.

   Once more to-day well met, distemper’d lords;
   The king by me requests your presence strait. William Shakespeare, K. John.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. distemper

   Distemper is a highly contagious and often fatal viral disease that primarily affects animals, particularly dogs and certain species of wildlife. It is characterized by high fever, coughing, vomiting, diarrhea, and in severe cases, seizures and paralysis. In a broader sense, the term "distemper" can also refer to any of a range of infectious diseases that affect animals. Additionally, in decoration and painting, distemper is a type of paint that is water-based and usually glue-sized, used especially for walls and ceilings.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distemperverb

   to temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of

2. Distemperverb

   to derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease

3. Distemperverb

   to deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humored, or malignant

4. Distemperverb

   to intoxicate

5. Distemperverb

   to mix (colors) in the way of distemper; as, to distemper colors with size

6. Distemperverb

   an undue or unnatural temper, or disproportionate mixture of parts

7. Distemperverb

   severity of climate; extreme weather, whether hot or cold

8. Distemperverb

   a morbid state of the animal system; indisposition; malady; disorder; -- at present chiefly applied to diseases of brutes; as, a distemper in dogs; the horse distemper; the horn distemper in cattle

9. Distemperverb

   morbid temper of the mind; undue predominance of a passion or appetite; mental derangement; bad temper; ill humor

10. Distemperverb

    political disorder; tumult

11. Distemperverb

    a preparation of opaque or body colors, in which the pigments are tempered or diluted with weak glue or size (cf. Tempera) instead of oil, usually for scene painting, or for walls and ceilings of rooms

12. Distemperverb

    a painting done with this preparation

13. Etymology: [OF. destemprer, destremper, to distemper, F. dtremper to soak, soften, slake (lime); pref. des- (L. dis-) + OF. temprer, tremper, F. tremper, L. temperare to mingle in due proportion. See Temper, and cf. Destemprer.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distemper

   Distemper is a ska punk band from Moscow that was founded in 1989 and is also successful outside of Russia.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distemper

   dis-tem′pėr, n. a coarse mode of painting, in which the colours are mixed in a watery glue, white of egg, &c., chiefly used in scene-painting and in staining paper for walls.—Also Destem′per. [Same ety. as succeeding word.]

2. Distemper

   dis-tem′pėr, n. a morbid or disorderly state of body or mind: disease, esp. of animals, specifically a typhoid inflammation of the mucous membranes of young dogs: ill-humour.—v.t. to derange the temper: to disorder or disease.—adj. Distem′perate, not temperate, immoderate: diseased.—n. Distem′perature (arch.), want of proper temperature: intemperateness, disturbance: uneasiness of mind: indisposition.—p.adj. Distem′pered, disordered: intemperate, ill-humoured, put out of sorts. [O. Fr. destemprer, to derange—L. dis, apart, temperāre, to govern.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Distemper

   A name for several highly contagious viral diseases of animals, especially canine distemper. In dogs, it is caused by the canine distemper virus (DISTEMPER VIRUS, CANINE). It is characterized by a diphasic fever, leukopenia, gastrointestinal and respiratory inflammation and sometimes, neurologic complications. In cats it is known as FELINE PANLEUKOPENIA.

Matched Categories

1. • Animal Disease
   • Art
   • Paint
   • Painting
   • Temper

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of distemper in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of distemper in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=distemper
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Distemper
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=distemper
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/distemper
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=distemper
7. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=distemper
8. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=distemper