Dis*tem"per*a*ture (?; 135), n. 1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. [Obs.]

2. Disorder; confusion. Shak.

3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.

A huge infectious troop
Of pale distemperatures and foes to life.

4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.

Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his distemperature.