ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Intemperant

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Intemperant is an adjective meaning (obsolete) intemperate.

Meaning

(obsolete) intemperate.

Example Sentences

In particular, supporters of nativist policies decried the tendency to permit intemperant (or any other) newcomers to vote in American elections.
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.
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.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include intemperate, distemperate, temperat, temper'd, inclement, immeritous.

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