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intemperance |
intemperancy |
intemperant |
intemperate |
intemperately |
intemperateness
| intemperature
| intempestive
| intempestively
| intempestivity
| intenable
intemperateness
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun intemperateness has 2 senses
- intemperateness(n = noun.act) intemperance - consumption of alcoholic drinks; Array is a kind of vice
- intemperateness(n = noun.act) intemperance, self-indulgence - excess in action and immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites, especially in passion or indulgence; "the intemperance of their language" has particulars: fling, spree, dissipation, dissolution, licentiousness, looseness, profligacy, jag
has particulars: boozing, crapulence, drink, drinking, drunkenness
Derived form adjective intemperate3
is a kind of humoring, indulgence, indulging, pampering
Derived forms adjective intemperate3, adjective intemperate2
CIDE DICTIONARY
intemperateness, n.
- The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or drinking. [1913 Webster]
- Severity of weather; inclemency. Boyle. [1913 Webster]"By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the air or meteors." [1913 Webster]
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