See Also: Ashurst-Sumners Act(law)

ill-tempered (iou) and Ashurst-Sumners Act (law)


ill-tempered (iou)



ill-tempered adjective. E17.
[Partly from ILL adverb + TEMPERED; partly from ILL adjective + TEMPER noun + -ED2.]
In an unhealthy or disordered condition. Only in 17.
Having a bad temper; irritable. E17.
ill-temperedly adverb L19.

Ashurst-Sumners Act (law)




1935 federal legislation which effectively ended the industrial prison era by restricting interstate commerce in prison-made goods.