intemperate
adjective/ɪnˈtempərət/
/ɪnˈtempərət/
(formal)- showing a lack of control over yourself
- intemperate language
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- (old-fashioned) regularly drinking too much alcohol
Word Originlate Middle English (in the sense ‘inclement’): from Latin intemperatus, from in- ‘not’ + temperatus ‘mingled, restrained’ (from the verb temperare).
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