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temperamental(dictionary)

temperamental (iou)



temperamental adjective. M17.
[from TEMPERAMENT + -AL1.]
Of or pertaining to the temperament; constitutional. M17.
J. Meyers Lawrence, isolated and lonely in Cornwall, was pleased to form a friendship with his temperamental opposite.
(Of a person) liable to erratic or moody behaviour; (of a machine etc.) working erratically or unpredictably. E20.
Omni Anomalies in epileptics' brains cause groups of neurons..to periodically misfire like temperamental spark plugs. Joanne Harris Five years ago he had seemed the embodiment of the temperamental artist..a doomed, damaged figure of romance.
temperamentally adverb M19.