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- Latin · derived fromdistemperare
- Old French · derived fromdestemprer
- English todaydistemper
From Old French destemprer, from Latin distemperare.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
distemper
Today it means: A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh. Full definition →
Old French destemprer ← Latin distemperare