\Dis*tem"per*a*ture\ (?; 135), n.
1. Bad temperature; intemperateness; excess of heat or cold,
   or of other qualities; as, the distemperature of the air.
   [Obs.]
2. Disorder; confusion. --Shak.
3. Disorder of body; slight illness; distemper.
         A huge infectious troop Of pale distemperatures and
         foes to life.                         --Shak.
4. Perturbation of mind; mental uneasiness.
         Sprinkled a little patience on the heat of his
         distemperature.                       --Sir W.
                                               Scott.