contemperature

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈtɛmpəɹətjʊə(ɹ)/, /kənˈtɛmpəɹət͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

contemperature (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) temperedness; a proportionate mixture.
   • 1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London:

     the different contemperature of the elements

Related terms

• contemperation

References

• “contemperature”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Latin

Participle

contemperātūre

1. vocative masculine singular of contemperātūrus