temperament
/ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.36 in modern English
Meaning
noun
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
Individual differences in behavior that are biologically based and are relatively independent of learning, system of values and attitudes.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
A moderate and proportionable mixture of elements or ingredients in a compound; the condition in which elements are mixed in their proper proportions.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
noun
Any state or condition as determined by the proportion of its ingredients or the manner in which they are mixed; consistence, composition; mixture.
Countable; Obsolete; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "President Taft did not have the temperament either to dominate or to work with his Congress."
- "If I will aske meere Philosophers, what the soule is, I shall finde amongst them, that will tell me, it is nothing, but the temperament and harmony, and just and equall composition of the Elements in the body, which produces all those faculties which we ascribe to the soule […]"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: temperament, tempérament, temperāmentum
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈtɛm.pɚ.ə.mənt/
- British English: /ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/