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temperate
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin temperatus, past participle of temperare (“moderate, forbear, combine properly”). See temper.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?mp???t/
- Hyphenation: temp?pe?rate
Adjective
temperate (comparative more temperate, superlative most temperate)
- Moderate; not excessive
- That sober freedom out of which there springs Our loyal passion for our temperate kings.
- Moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions
- August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages
- Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy.
- August 9, 1768, Benjamin Franklin, To John Alleyne, Esq. On Early Marriages
- Proceeding from temperance.
- Living in an environment that is temperate, not extreme.
Synonyms
- (moderate): See also Thesaurus:moderate
- (moderate in the indulgence of the natural appetites or passions): See also Thesaurus:temperate and Thesaurus:sober
Derived terms
- (geology) temperate zone, that part of the earth which lies between either tropic and the corresponding polar circle; -- so called because the heat is less than in the torrid zone, and the cold less than in the frigid zones.
Related terms
- temper
- temperature
Translations
Verb
temperate (third-person singular simple present temperates, present participle temperating, simple past and past participle temperated)
- (obsolete) To render temperate; to moderate
- Synonyms: soften, temper
Translations
References
- temperate in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- petameter, petametre
Italian
Verb
temperate
- second-person plural present indicative of temperare
- second-person plural imperative of temperare
- feminine plural of temperato
Latin
Verb
temper?te
- second-person plural present active imperative of temper?
References
- temperate in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- temperate in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
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saltwort
English
Etymology
salt +? wort (“plant”)
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?s??lt.w??t/, /?s?lt.w??t/
- (US) IPA(key): /?s?lt.w??t/, /?s?lt.w?t/
Noun
saltwort (countable and uncountable, plural saltworts)
- Batis maritima, a plant distributed in the southwestern United States, Caribbean, and South America in coastal saltmarshes.
- Glaux maritima, a plant in the primrose family (Primulaceae) and which grows along coasts throughout the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere.
Synonyms
- (Batis maritima): beachwort
Derived terms
- black saltwort
- prickly saltwort
Anagrams
- warlotts
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