intemperate

C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities

US /ɪnˈtɛmpərət/ UK /ɪnˈtɛmpərət/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

adj
lacking moderation, especially in indulgence or speech

His intemperate drinking ruined his health and career.

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Synonyms

1 adj · lacking moderation,... immoderate excessive unrestrained extravagant inordinate profligate

Opposites

temperate moderate restrained abstemious

Word family

Forms intemperately

Derived forms intemperatelyintemperateness

Related forms temperate temperance temper

Etymology

From Latin intemperatus ('excessive, immoderate'), from in- ('not') + temperatus ('moderate'), past participle of temperare ('to moderate, mix in proportion').

intemperatus Latin temperare Latin

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Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives

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# intemperate

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** adj
**IPA (US):** /ɪnˈtɛmpərət/
**IPA (UK):** /ɪnˈtɛmpərət/

## Meanings
1. lacking moderation, especially in indulgence or speech

## Examples
- His intemperate drinking ruined his health and career.

## Synonyms
- immoderate
- excessive
- unrestrained
- extravagant
- inordinate
- profligate

## Antonyms
- temperate
- moderate
- restrained
- abstemious

## Derived Forms
- intemperately
- intemperateness

## Related Forms
- temperate
- temperance
- temper

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: intemperatus
- Root: temperare

## Etymology
From Latin intemperatus ('excessive, immoderate'), from in- ('not') + temperatus ('moderate'), past participle of temperare ('to moderate, mix in proportion').

## AI Etymology
Intemperate is from Latin intemperatus ('excessive, immoderate'), from in- ('not') + temperatus ('moderate'), past participle of temperare ('to moderate, mix in proportion'). Important recorded forms include intemperatus (Latin) and temperare (Latin). Morphologically, the word is a built form whose named elements carry part of the historical sense. The current sense covers lacking moderation, especially in indulgence or speech. The wider family includes derived forms such as intemperately and intemperateness and related words such as temperate, temperance, and temper.

## Topics
- Describing Qualities
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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