intemperant

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See also: intempérant

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin intemperāns, -antis. See in- (not) +‎ temperant.

Adjective[edit]

intemperant (comparative more intemperant, superlative most intemperant)

  1. (obsolete) intemperate
    • 1956, California. Legislature. Senate. Interim Committee on the Treatment of Mental Illness, Partial Report - Volumes 3-6, page 86:
      I know in Monterey, from my own experience, the court places the question before the alleged intemperant person and asks them if they want to go to a hospital.
    • 1981, United States. Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy, U.S. Immigration Policy and the National Interest, page 72:
      In particular, supporters of nativist policies decried the tendency to permit intemperant (or any other) newcomers to vote in American elections.
    • 1991, Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche, Deficiencies and Propensities of the Human Being, page 95:
      Having positioned this deficiency within this illustration and bearing in mind that the intemperant person is an individual who cannot either control or regulate his passionate appetites, it is easily found among all people whether educated or not.

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Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French intempérant.

Adjective[edit]

intemperant m or n (feminine singular intemperantă, masculine plural intemperanți, feminine and neuter plural intemperante)

  1. intemperate

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