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temperament (iou) and Maghreb (oh)


temperament (iou)



temperament noun & verb. LME.
[Latin temperamentum due mixture, from temperare TEMPER verb1: see -MENT.]
A. noun.
I. The blending in due proportion of particular elements; the state or condition resulting from this. LME-L17.
A mixture, esp. one having a specified consistency or composition. L15-L17.
N. Ingelo That the Soul is not a Temperament of Corporeal Humours is manifest.
Hist. = COMPLEXION noun 2. L15.
J. Woodall Let no man attribute to all salts one temperament. T. L. Peacock The gentleman was naturally of an atrabilarious temperament.
The condition of the weather or climate regarded as resulting from a combination of heat or cold, dryness or humidity; climate. arch. L16.
= TEMPERATURE 7a. M17-L18.
Constitution or habit of mind, esp. as determined by physical constitution and affecting behaviour; natural disposition, personality. E19.
B. Webb Holdane is hostileby temperament and by trainingto a militarist state. R. Fraser An attractive personality with a somewhat volatile temperament.
II.
Moderation; alleviation, mitigation; due regulation. arch. LME.
Temple Bar That a certain temperament of speed was ensured.
a. A middle course or state between extremes of any kind; a medium, a mean. arch. E17.
H. Hallam A judicious temperament, which the reformers would have done well to adopt.
b. The action or an act of duly combining or adjusting different principles, claims, etc.; (an) adjustment, (a) compromise. arch. M17.
Burke There is no medium,..no temperament,..no compromise with Jacobinism.
Music. The adjustment of intervals in tuning a piano etc. so as to fit the scale for use in several or all keys; an instance of this. E18.
equal temperament an adjustment in which the 12 semitones are equal intervals.
b. verb trans. Provide with a temperament, esp. of a specified kind. rare. M19.

Maghreb (oh)



the Maghreb
the area of northwest Africa which includes the countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya. The people who live there are mainly Arab and Berber.