Definitions for temperaments

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temperaments tem·per·a·ment

Spelling: [tem-per-uh-muh nt, -pruh-mu

IPA: /ˈtɛm pər ə mənt, -prə mənt, -pər mənt/

Temperaments is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 17 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 21 points.

You can make 884 anagrams from letters in temperaments (aeeemmnprstt).

Definitions for temperaments

noun

1. the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
2. unusual personal attitude or nature as manifested by peculiarities of feeling, temper, action, etc., often with a disinclination to submit to conventional rules or restraints.
3. (old physiology) the combination of the four cardinal humors, the relative proportions of which were supposed to determine physical and mental constitution.
4. Music. the tuning of a keyboard instrument, as the piano, organ, or harpsichord, so that the instrument may be played in all keys without further tuning. a particular system of doing this.
5. Archaic. an act of tempering or moderating.
6. Archaic. climate.
7. the combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person; natural predisposition.
8. unusual personal attitude or nature as manifested by peculiarities of feeling, temper, action, etc., often with a disinclination to submit to conventional rules or restraints.
9. (old physiology) the combination of the four cardinal humors, the relative proportions of which were supposed to determine physical and mental constitution.
10. Music. the tuning of a keyboard instrument, as the piano, organ, or harpsichord, so that the instrument may be played in all keys without further tuning. a particular system of doing this.
11. Archaic. an act of tempering or moderating.
12. Archaic. climate.

Origin of temperaments

1375-1425; late Middle English Latin temperāmentum due mixture, equivalent to temperā(re) to mix properly + -mentum -ment

Examples for temperaments

"temperament is a peculiar thing," Mr. Cream said as they ascended the stairs.

He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.

She was a little fairy and she flew around and she had a temperament.

Their tone came of temperament, the words themselves of love and its courage.

He let himself become, at some point, the creature of his own temperament.

It was, perhaps, in some measure a matter of temperament with her; but it was also a matter of education.

He took this to be just her temperament and says it finally led Advanced Periodontics to let her go.

If I had, I know that one of my temperament could not have escaped serious consequences.

But it was Berlin that was on the march—"the blood is there, and the hope, and the moody, lustful Wagnerian temperament."

Woman is by her temperament inclined to do too much or to do nothing.

It was, perhaps, in some measure a matter of temperament with her; but it was also a matter of education.

He let himself become, at some point, the creature of his own temperament.

She was a little fairy and she flew around and she had a temperament.

If I had, I know that one of my temperament could not have escaped serious consequences.

Their tone came of temperament, the words themselves of love and its courage.

He throws every fiber of his being into each performance, altering his posture, elocution, temperament, and more.

He took this to be just her temperament and says it finally led Advanced Periodontics to let her go.

Woman is by her temperament inclined to do too much or to do nothing.

"temperament is a peculiar thing," Mr. Cream said as they ascended the stairs.

But it was Berlin that was on the march—"the blood is there, and the hope, and the moody, lustful Wagnerian temperament."