Definition of temperament

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Temperament (v. t.) Internal constitution; state with respect to the relative proportion of different qualities, or constituent parts..

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Condition :: Condition (n.) Temperament; disposition; character.
Attemperament :: Attemperament (n.) A tempering, or mixing in due proportion..
Habit :: Habit (n.) The usual condition or state of a person or thing, either natural or acquired, regarded as something had, possessed, and firmly retained; as, a religious habit; his habit is morose; elms have a spreading habit; esp., physical temperament or constitution; as, a full habit of body..
Phlegm :: Phlegm (a.) Sluggishness of temperament; dullness; want of interest; indifference; coldness.
Spontaneous :: Spontaneous (a.) Proceding from natural feeling, temperament, or disposition, or from a native internal proneness, readiness, or tendency, without constraint; as, a spontaneous gift or proportion..
Intemerament :: Intemerament (n.) A bad state; as, the intemperament of an ulcerated part..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Due mixture of qualities; a condition brought about by mutual compromises or concessions.
Saturnist :: Saturnist (n.) A person of a dull, grave, gloomy temperament..
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) A system of compromises in the tuning of organs, pianofortes, and the like, whereby the tones generated with the vibrations of a ground tone are mutually modified and in part canceled, until their number reduced to the actual practicable scale of twelve tones to the octave. This scale, although in so far artificial, is yet closely suggestive of its origin in nature, and this system of tuning, although not mathematically true, yet satisfies the ear, while it has the convenienc
Idiocratical :: Idiocratical (a.) Peculiar in constitution or temperament; idiosyncratic.
Attemperment :: Attemperment (n.) Attemperament.
Temperamental :: Temperamental (a.) Of or pertaining to temperament; constitutional.
Constitution :: Constitution (n.) The aggregate of mental qualities; temperament.
Idiosyncrasy :: Idiosyncrasy (n.) A peculiarity of physical or mental constitution or temperament; a characteristic belonging to, and distinguishing, an individual; characteristic susceptibility; idiocrasy; eccentricity..
Temper :: Temper (n.) Constitution of body; temperament; in old writers, the mixture or relative proportion of the four humors, blood, choler, phlegm, and melancholy..
Wolf :: Wolf (a.) The harsh, howling sound of some of the chords on an organ or piano tuned by unequal temperament..
Apoplectical :: Apoplectical (a.) Relating to apoplexy; affected with, inclined to, or symptomatic of, apoplexy; as, an apoplectic person, medicine, habit or temperament, symptom, fit, or stroke..
Fervent :: Fervent (a.) Warm in feeling; ardent in temperament; earnest; full of fervor; zealous; glowing.
Temperament :: Temperament (v. t.) Condition with regard to heat or cold; temperature.
Crasis :: Crasis (n.) A mixture of constituents, as of the blood; constitution; temperament..
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