distemper

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distemper englannista suomeksi

A viral disease of animals, such as dogs and cats, characterised by fever, coughing and catarrh.
A disorder of the humours of the body; a disease.
1624, (w), ''(w)'', Meditation I., in ''The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne'', ed. Charles M. Coffin, New York: Modern Library (1952), pp. 415-416:

O perplex'd discomposition, O ridling distemper, O miserable condition of Man!

(RQ:Defoe Robinson Crusoe) my spirits began to sink under the Burden of a strong Distemper, and Nature was exhausted with the Violence of the Fever (..)
A glue-based paint.
A painting produced with this kind of paint.
To temper or mix unduly; to make disproportionate; to change the due proportions of.
To derange the functions of, whether bodily, mental, or spiritual; to disorder; to disease.
(RQ:Shakespeare Hamlet)
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(RQ:Melville Billy Budd)
To deprive of temper or moderation; to disturb; to ruffle; to make disaffected, ill-humoured, or malignant.
1799-1800, (w) (translator), ''The Piccolomini'' by (w), Boston: Francis A. Niccolls & Co., 1902, p. 37,https://archive.org/details/piccolominideath00schi

I have been long accustomed to defend you,

To heal and pacify distempered spirits.

To intoxicate.
{{quote-text|en|year=1623|author=Philip Massinger|title=The Duke of Milan|section=act I, scene 1|url=https://archive.org/details/dukeofmillainetr00mass
To paint using distemper.
(RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp)
(RQ:Orwell Down and Out)
To mix (colours) in the way of distemper.

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