bad temperedness

See also: bad-temperedness

English

Noun

bad temperedness (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of bad-temperedness.
   • 1924 June 7, “Health Confessions of Business Women”, in [Samuel] Squire Sprigge, Egbert [Coleby] Morland, editors, The Lancet. […], volume CCVI, number 5258 / volume I for 1924, number XXIII, London: […] Hazell, Watson & Viney Ld., […], →ISSN, page 1194, column 2:

     A juvenile correspondent who signed herself “Dimples” proffered the following piece of advice, which was doubtless the outcome of a vast experience: “For bad temperedness and depression, I have found it a good idea to have a cold wash and change of clothing.”

   • 1928 May 16, Dr. Cassell, “Do Your Nerves Get on His Nerves? Reasons and Remedy”, in Taunton Courier, Bristol and Exeter Journal, and Western Advertiser, number 6,230, Taunton, Somerset; Bristol, page 4, column 2:

     Nerviness is not bad termperedness, it’s the natural symptom of a nervous system which is absolutely tired, or worn out.

   • 1949, Geoffrey R. King, “John’s Epilogue”, in The Forty Days: Studies in the Last Six Weeks of Our Lord’s Earthly Life, from Calvary and Easter to the Ascension, 1st American edition, Grand Rapids, Mich.: W[illia]m B[ernard] Eerdmans Publishing Company, published 1962, page 100:

     They came in irritable, disgruntled, not very pleasant to live with, nervy, moody, Peter like a bear with a sore head, and He gave them fellowship, the charm of His own presence to soothe away their bad temperedness and make them friends again.