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1.
given to or characterized by excessive or immoderate indulgence in alcoholic beverages.
2.
immoderate in indulgence of appetite or passion.
3.
not temperate; unrestrained; unbridled.
4.
extreme in temperature, as climate.
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- Everybody critizes it as intemperate and mischievous.
- Intemperate confessions to supposed friends have a way of becoming public gossip.
- Cambodian politicians and pundits are prone to intemperate declarations laced with wild allegations.
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intemperate
"characterized by excessive indulgence in a passion or appetite," c.1430, from L. intemperatus "untempered, inclement, immoderate," from in- "not" + temperantia (see temperance).
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