Distemperate

2distemperfunction: noun date: 1546 1 : bad humor or temper2 : a disordered or abnormal bodily state especially of quadruped mammals: as a : a highly contagious virus disease of canines and especially of dogs that is caused by a morbillivirus (species canine distemper virus) and is marked by fever, leukopenia, and respiratory, gastrointestinal, and neurological symptoms —called also canine distemper b : strangles c : panleukopenia 3 : ailment, disorder lt;vice and folly are situated not in human nature…but in distempers of intellect — george stadegt;— dis;tem;per;ate adjective