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Distemper   /dɪstˈɛmpər/   Listen
Distemper

noun
1.
Any of various infectious viral diseases of animals.
2.
An angry and disagreeable mood.  Synonyms: ill humor, ill humour.
3.
Paint made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder.
4.
A painting created with paint that is made by mixing the pigments with water and a binder.
5.
A method of painting in which the pigments are mixed with water and a binder; used for painting posters or murals or stage scenery.
verb
(past & past part. distempered; pres. part. distempering)
1.
Paint with distemper.



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"Distemper" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Lord Mayor, Sir John Shorter: the occasion of his distemper was his fall under Newgate, which bruised him a little, and put him into a fever." Letter of ...
— The Letters of Horace Walpole, Volume 1 • Horace Walpole
... neighbour, Mr. Fraser, tells me that by my looks and speaking he cannot think me so ill as imagined. You will think the same by my writing the above. My distemper is owing to Gravelly Ulcers and it is a great chance at my time of life to recover, so [we] should be prepared ...
— A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs - The Story of a Hundred Years, 1761-1861 • George M. Wrong
... merry nonsense about gifts and gayety and lovers. She was very well, with the very underscored, and two engagements for every evening. She had not heard from Louie, "but I should have if her little finger had ached; she would have been afraid of some distemper. And I hope you are all having a ...
— The Girls at Mount Morris • Amanda Minnie Douglas
... Jongleur is a sort of Physician, or rather a Quack, who being once cur'd of some dangerous Distemper, has the Presumption and Folly to fancy that he is immortal, and possessed of the Power of curing all Diseases, by speaking to the Good and Evil Spirits. Now though every Body rallies upon these Fellows when they are absent, and looks upon 'em as ...
— Seventh Annual Report • Various
... saved. But concerning the matter thou hast written about, this is to acquaint thee that all things for which I was sent hither must be fulfilled and that I shall be taken up and returned to Him that sent me. But after my ascension I will send one of my disciples that shall cure thee of thy distemper and give life to all ...
— Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery • Robert Means Lawrence


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