1.Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold, or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air. (Obs.)
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."