See Also: distemperate(dictionary)
sea beast(medicine)
beast(1)(dictionary)
beast(2)(dictionary)
beast(dictionary)
Beauty and the Beast(dictionary)
beast of burden(dictionary)

beast(2) (iou) and distemperate (iou)


beast(2) (iou)



beast verb trans. [bi:st] M17.
[from the noun.]
Make a beast of; treat or regard as a beast. rare. M17.
be beasted, fail to win the game, incur a penalty, at ombre. M17.

distemperate (iou)



distemperate adjective. Now rare or obsolete. LME.
[Late Latin distemperatus, formed as DIS- 2, TEMPERATE adjective.]
Of the air, weather, etc.: not temperate; disturbed; inclement. LME-M17.
(Of the bodily humours) not properly tempered, disordered by excess or deficiency of some constituent; diseased; in bad Health or poor condition. M16-M17.
Immoderate, excessive; intemperate. M16.