Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

intemperant

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: in-tem-per-ant
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"I know in Monterey, from my own experience, the court places the question before the alleged intemperant person and asks them if they want to go to a hospital."
"In particular, supporters of nativist policies decried the tendency to permit intemperant (or any other) newcomers to vote in American elections."
"Having positioned this deficiency within this illustration and bearing in mind that the intemperant person is an individual who cannot either control or regulate his passionate appetites, it is easily found among all people whether educated or not."

Etymology

From Latin intemperāns, -antis. See in- (“not”) + temperant.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Prefix: in-
Root: intemperans
Suffix: temperant

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more intemperant (comparative) most intemperant (superlative)

Questions

What does intemperant mean?: intemperate
Where does intemperant come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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