Test Your Vocabulary

Take Our 10-Question Quiz

Name That Thing

Take our visual vocab quiz

Test Your Knowledge »

True or False?

A quick quiz about stuff worth knowing

Take It Now »

Join Us on FB & Twitter

Get the Word of the Day and More

Facebook | Twitter

distemper

8 ENTRIES FOUND:

1dis·tem·per

verb \dis-ˈtem-pər\

Definition of DISTEMPER

transitive verb
1
: to throw out of order
2
archaic : derange, unsettle

Origin of DISTEMPER

Middle English distempren, from Late Latin distemperare to temper badly, from Latin dis- + temperare to temper
First Known Use: 14th century

Browse

Next Word in the Dictionary: distemperature
Previous Word in the Dictionary: distelfink
All Words Near: distemper

Seen & Heard

What made you want to look up distemper? Please tell us where you read or heard it (including the quote, if possible).