temperament

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Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

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Definition

  1. noun your usual mood
  2. noun excessive emotionalism or irritability and excitability (especially when displayed openly)
  3. noun an adjustment of the intervals (as in tuning a keyboard instrument) so that the scale can be used to play in different keys

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English temperament, borrowed from Middle French tempérament, from Latin temperāmentum.

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