Hypertext Webster Gateway: "intemperateness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Intemperateness \In*tem`per*ate*ness\, n.
1. The state of being intemperate; excessive indulgence of
any appetite or passion; as, intemperateness in eating or
drinking.
2. Severity of weather; inclemency. --Boyle.
By unseasonable weather, by intemperateness of the
air or meteors. --Sir M. Hale.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
intemperateness
n 1: consumption of alcoholic drinks [syn: {intemperance}]
2: immoderate indulgence of bodily appetites [syn: {intemperance},
{self-indulgence}]
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