temperancyt (temper ans i)

[As temper ance (see -cy).] Temperance. OF. temper ant, F. tempérant = Sp. It. temper ante = Pg. temper ante, Northwarde in places hote, in places colde Southward, and temporannt in Est and West. musculature, strength of vital organs, and strong pa ions temperantt, a. [ ME. * temper ant, temp or aunt, Men are not to the same degree tempera men ted, for there are multitudes of men who live to objects quite out of them, as to politics, to trade, to letters or an art, unhindered by any influence of constitution. Emerson, Woman. Palladius , Husbondrie (E. E. T. S.), p. 5. temperate (tem'per-at), a. [ tempéré = Sp. templado = Pg. temprado , tem perado , temper at us , pp. of temper are : see temper. Cf. tempre.] 1. Moderate; showing moderation; not exce ive, lavish, or inordi nate. And what you fancy to bestow on him, Be not too lavish, use a temperate bounty. B. Jonson, Staple of News, ii. Let not the government of the plantation depend upon too many counsellors and undertakers in the country that Bacon , Plantations (ed. 1887). temperamental (tem"per-a-men'tal), a. [ temperament + -al .] Of or pertaining to temp lan teth, but upon a temperate number. per ament. Few overcome their temperamental inclinations. Sir T. Browne, Christ. Mor, iii. 22. Undoubtedly there is a temperamental courage, a warlike blood, which loves a fight, does not feel itself except in a quarrel, as one sees in wasps, or ants, or cocks, or cats. Emerson, Courage. temperamentally (tem"per-a-men'tal-i), adv. In temperament; as regards temperament. The Century , XX. 89.