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Added 9 October 2026

temperament

/ˈtɛm.pə.ɹə.mənt/ noun

In Latin: temperāmentum Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about temperament at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

A person's usual manner of thinking, behaving or reacting.
A tendency to become irritable or angry.
The altering of certain intervals from their correct values in order to improve the moving from key to key.

Origin

Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.

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