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Diseased in body, or disordered in mind. We speak of a distempered body, a distempered limb, a distempered head or brain.

Disturbed; ruffled; as distempered = passions.

Deprived of temper or moderation; immoderate; as distempered zeal.

Disordered; biased; prejudiced; perverted; as minds distempered by interest or passion. The imagination, when completely distempered, is the most incurable of all disordered faculties.

Disaffected; made malevolent. Distempered lords.